Leslie Claudius

Leslie Walter Claudius (25 March 1927 to 20 December 2012) was an Indian field hockey player from Bilaspur, born into a middle class Anglo-Indian family. He won Olympic gold with India in 1948, 1952 and 1956 and a silver medal in 1960, when he captained the team in the final against Pakistan, and he shares with Udham Singh the distinction of winning four Olympic medals in field hockey. He was the first player to earn 100 international caps. He first played football for the Bengal and Nagpur Railway before his hockey talent was spotted by Dickie Carr, and he worked for the Calcutta Customs Department. India gave him the Padma Shri in 1971, and he later managed the Indian team at the 1978 Asian Games.