Leo Pinto was a field hockey

Field hockey

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 goalkeeper from India

India

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 (of Portuguese

Portugal

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 descent), who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team

India national field hockey team

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 at the 1948 Summer Olympics

1948 Summer Olympics

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 in London

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. He started his hockey career in Mumbai

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 at the age of thirteen, when he played for the Byculla Rovers in the 1927 Aga Khan Hockey Tournament. He went on to participate in 27 Aga Khan tournaments in a row.

A Goa

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n from Mapusa

Mapusa

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, Pinto was made manager of the Tata Sports Club hockey team even while he was a player. He was one of the coaches of the Indian team at the 1972 Summer Olympics

1972 Summer Olympics

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, which ended up with the bronze. In the 1948 final against England, Pinto was fouled. He removed his pads and took the bully and scored goal number four against the England captain. That leaves him unique as a goalie who scored.