Leander Paes’ father, Vece, who was a part of the 1972 Munich Olympics’ bronze medal-winning hockey crew, handed away on the age of 80 on Thursday. Vece Paes, afterward, went on to grow to be a spearhead in sports activities medication and was additionally a part of the BCCI Anti-Corruption Unit.
Leander Paes’ father, Vece, a member of the 1972 Munich Olympics bronze medal-winning hockey crew, breathed his final on the age of 80 in Kolkata. Dr. Vece Paes was affected by a complicated stage of Parkinson’s illness and was admitted to the hospital within the metropolis on Tuesday, August 12. Dr. Paes was a midfielder within the hockey crew, which had a dream run within the early 70s, successful the 1971 World Cup bronze, following it up with a bronze within the Summer time Olympics the subsequent 12 months.
Dr. Paes had a profitable profession each on and off the sphere. Whereas he was standard for hockey, having represented his nation, he additionally performed soccer, cricket and rugby, whereas excelling within the medication subject. Dr. Paes championed sports activities medication after learning at Presidency School in Kolkata in 1964-65, serving to a number of Indian athletes and later went on to grow to be a medical guide with a number of sports activities our bodies, together with the Asian Cricket Council, the Board of Management for Cricket in India and the Indian Davis Cup crew.
He was additionally a key determine in devising anti-corruption academic programmes for the coaches, sportspersons and athletes to make use of past the sphere.
Born in Goa in 1945, Dr. Paes was additionally a part of a number of sporting our bodies in administration. Dr. Paes served because the president of the Indian Rugby Soccer Union from 1996 to 2002. He additionally held the place at Calcutta Cricket and Soccer Golf equipment.