Charles Cornelius (born 27 October 1945) is an

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Medalist and Former Indian Hockey Goal Keeper who represented the Indian national hockey team in the

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(Bronze Medal) & 1973

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(Silver Medal). Started his Hockey career as coach for the Punjab Hockey Team in the year 1977 and retired as an Administrator-Officer on Special Duty (OSD-South Zone) in the year 2001. *Selected as a Special Trainer for Hockey Goal Keeping by the

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(IHF) in the Year 1980 *Served as the National Hockey Coach for SAI – Sports Authority of India and have trained both the Junior and the Senior Hockey teams (Men) *Been as the Selection Committee Member for the Junior and Senior National Hockey teams since 1980. *Successfully dealt with the State Govt and State sports councils, Snipes field stations, and Nehru Yuvak Kendras on behalf of NIS (National Institute of Sports) as a Zonal Officer for the South Zone (jurisdiction for the states of

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, and

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) for more than 15 yrs. *In addition, overseen and managed the Field wing Coaches of the jurisdictions with adequate first hand experience about the field work. *Functioned as one of the Administrators for the

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in the year 1982,

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in the year 1995 and many other international tournaments held in India.

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* * Field hockey players from Tamil Nadu Living people Sportspeople from Tiruchirappalli Asian Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1970 Asian Games Indian male field hockey players Recipients of the Dhyan Chand Award Asian Games silver medalists for India Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games Olympic field hockey players of India Field hockey players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for India Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics 1945 births {{India-Olympic-medalist-stub