Joseph Galibardy
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Joseph Deville Thomas Galibardy (10 January 1915 – 17 May 2011)[1] was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
In 1936 he was a member of the Indian field hockey team, which won the gold medal. He played five matches as halfback.[2]
Career
Galibardy was born in Madras and received his school education from Goethals Memorial School, Kurseong in India. He visited his alma-mater, when Goethals celebrated its centenary in the year 2007 at the age of 93. Goethals Memorial School is also the alma-mater of his teammate Cyril Michie. Galibardy moved to England in 1956 and lived in Walthamstow, London at the time of his death.[1] He was the last surviving member of the 1936 Indian field hockey team that won the gold medal.[1][3]
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- 1915 births
- 2011 deaths
- Field hockey players from Chennai
- Olympic field hockey players for India
- Field hockey players at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Indian male field hockey players
- 20th-century Indian sportsmen
- Olympic gold medalists for India
- Anglo-Indian people
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Indian emigrants to England
- British people of Anglo-Indian descent