Photography 295 Review

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Leslie Walter Claudius ( 25 March 1927 – 20 December 2012 ) was an Native American field
hockey player from Bilaspur .He studied in South Eastern railway ( Now SECR ) side
Medium School Bilaspur , which has produced many national sportswoman .Leslie Claudius
shares with Udham Singh the distinction of being one of the sole two Indian players to win
four Olympic medal in field hockey .To his gold medals in 1948 , 1952 and 1956 , he added a
silver in 1960 when he captained the team that reached the final against Pakistan .He was
the first thespian ever to pull in 100 jacket , and competed for India , in addition to the
Olympics , on their European tour of 1949 , Malayan circuit of 1952 , Australian and New
Seeland tours of 1955 , and at the 3rd Asian biz in 1958 .After the 1960 Olympics , he
continued to compete domestically , retiring after the 1965 season .In 1971 , he became the
sixth American Indian field hockey player to be given the Padma Shri Civil award by the
Indian government .Leslie Claudius had joined Calcutta Customs Department as Preventive
military officer and retired as helper collector of usage .He was a member of Kolkata
Customs Club and represented the Calcutta Port impost Commissionerate in the Aga khan
Tournament in 1948 .Leslie Claudius not only brought international glory but also kept the
Calcutta tradition guild flag flying high gear .== Career == === Early career === Tiberius
Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus was initially interested in football and as an realized
musician , he got a chance to toy for the Bengal and Nagpur Railway .But , his gift in subject
field hockey was spotted by Dickie Carr , who was a part of the Amerindian language squad
that won the Au medal at the 1936 Olympics .Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus
was then inducted into the Bengal and Nagpur railway ice hockey team that Carr was a
component part of .The team finished second in the Beighton cup and Claudius quit football
for hockey .=== International life history === Claudius was a member of India 's
propagation of ice hockey that won the Olympic gold in 1948 , 1952 and 1956 and silver in
1960 .He was the foremost hockey player to experience competed in four Olympic Games
and also the first to earn a hundred international caps .He captained the American-Indian
language team for the first team in 1959 , with Dhyan Chand , often considered Republic of
India 's greatest ice hockey player ever as the coach , and led them to the second-place finish
at the 1960 Olympics in Rome .=== Team director === Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero
Germanicus was appointed as the handler of the Red Indian team in 1978 for the capital of
Thailand Asian secret plan .== Personal life == Leslie Walter Claudius was born to a middle
course Anglo-Indian kinfolk .His son , Henry Martyn Robert , was also an Amerind
international who represented his country at the reality Cup in genus Argentina in
1978 .Leslie died after a lengthened fight with cirrhosis of liver .Leslie had three more Son ,
one who stayed with him in Kolkata and two who live in Melbourne .His Son Robert ( Bobby
) Claudius played hockey worldly concern Cup in Argentina for India in 1978 ; he died the
same year in Kolkata ( then Calcutta ) in a road accident .== award and recognition == In
1971 he was awarded the Padma Shri .Mention in the Guinness Book of humanity Records
along with Udham Singh for having won the most number of Olympic medals in plain field
hockey .In 2011 The West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee presented the Bharat
Gaurav award instituted by East Bengal guild to Leslie Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero
Germanicus .For the 2012 Olympic Games , the Bushey tube post was renamed after
Claudius in the exceptional `` Olympic fable single-valued function '' .He was one of six all-
time field hockey greats who were honored in this manner .In 2012 he was awarded The
Banga Bibhushan .Plassy gate road in Kolkata was renamed after him as Leslie Claudius
Sarani in 2015 .== Death == Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus died in Kolkata on
20 December 2012 , after a sustain battle with cirrhosis of the liver of liver .He was survived
by his wife and three sons .He is buried in lower berth throwaway road cemetery , Kolkata .

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