Hockey star Avitus D’Cruz no more

Former Mumbai and Tata Sports Club hockey stalwart, D’Cruz was a centre of attraction during the well-contested Bombay Gold Cup editions held in the city in the 1960s and 1970s

Former Mumbai and Tata Sports Club hockey stalwart, Avitus D’Cruz, 81, passed away on Sunday. D’Cruz was a centre of attraction during the well-contested Bombay Gold Cup editions held in the city in the 1960s and 1970s.

Former India captain MM Somaya called him a “lion-heart centre-half” who he particularly remembers stretching every sinew and dominating in the Tata SC-Border Security Force (Jalandhar) final in 1969 when both teams shared the honours. D’Cruz wrote the book, Goans in Sport in 2012.

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