The 85-year-old was among the country’s best known hockey
players, having won three Olympic Gold medals in 1948 (London ),
1952 (Helsinki ) and 1956 (Melbourne ). He added silver in 1960 at Tokyo
Olympics when he captained the Indian team. The right-half was also the first
player ever to earn 100 caps for India .
He is in the Guinness book of World Records along with Udham
Singh for having won the most Olympic medals in hockey. Claudius was
among the legendary trio of Indian Hockey along with Major Dhyan Chand and Roop
Singh.
Hockey India
president Mariamma Koshy paid glowing tributes to Leslie Claudius. “We had the
good fortune of being able to honour Leslie Claudius along with the other
Golden Greats before the Olympic Games earlier this year. His death leaves a
void that will be hard to fill,” she said.
Press release
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