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1973, A Hockey Story!

Members of Mumbai University’s All India Inter-University champion hockey team gather from all over the world to celebrate a triumph that was unprecedented way back then

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Members of the team gather to celebrate the golden jubilee year in Bandra on Sunday.  (Standing L to R) Trevor Selwyn, Mayur Pandey, Edward Pinto, Clive Gracious, Edsel Andrade, Deepak Mirchandani and Vernon Lobo; (sitting L to R) Nasir Khan, Marius D’Lima, Brendan Paes, Hillary Gomes and Mukul Pandey. Pic/Ashwin Ferro

Members of the team gather to celebrate the golden jubilee year in Bandra on Sunday. (Standing L to R) Trevor Selwyn, Mayur Pandey, Edward Pinto, Clive Gracious, Edsel Andrade, Deepak Mirchandani and Vernon Lobo; (sitting L to R) Nasir Khan, Marius D’Lima, Brendan Paes, Hillary Gomes and Mukul Pandey. Pic/Ashwin Ferro

Mumbai hockey’s glorious past shimmered on Sunday evening at Bandra’s Bazaar Road, where members of the city outfit that won the 1973-74 All India Inter-University Hockey Championship assembled to celebrate the golden jubilee year of that maiden achievement. 

In attendance were goalkeepers Hillary Gomes and Brendan Paes, defenders Trevor Selwyn, Edward Pinto, Clive Gracious and Edsel Andrade, midfielders Deepak Mirchandani and Vernon Lobo and forwards Nasir Khan, Marius D’Lima, Mukul Pandey and Mayur Pandey. Trevor, Brendan and Hillary had specially flown down from their current homes in Australia, Ireland and Canada respectively for the event. 

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