Leslie Fernandez is a railway worker and former Indian national

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

goalie. He served as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

in the Indian national hockey team which won the gold medal in the 1975 Hockey World Cup. and he was educated at

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Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli () ( formerly Trichinopoly in English), also called Tiruchi or Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with bein ...

. He blocked Pakistan's winning goal in the final minutes of the game winning India a gold medal. In tribute, he donated it to the church. He lives in Madras currently with his family.

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* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Field hockey players from Tamil Nadu Sportspeople from Tiruchirappalli Asian Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1974 Asian Games Indian male field hockey players Asian Games silver medalists for India Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Recipients of the Arjuna Award {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub