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| fullname = Desmond Neville Devine-Jones<br />
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'''Desmond Neville Devine-Jones''' (15 August 1928 – 11 July 2010) was a Brigadier<ref>{{cite book|title=Sainik Samachar: The Pictorial Weekly of the Armed Forces|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9PPeAAAAMAAJ|year=1993}}</ref> in the Army Physical Training Corps (APTC) of the [[Indian Army]].<ref>[http://www.mid-day.com/articles/bandra-boy-snaps-salute-to-uttarakhand-heroes/220965 "Bandra boy snaps salute to Uttarakhand Heroes"]. ''Mid-Day''.</ref> He was part of the 1951 Indian Men's Football team at the [[1951 Asian Games]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Former IABF secretary Brigader DN Devine Jones passes away|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-former-iabf-secretary-brigader-dn-devine-jones-passes-away-1408482|website=www.dnaindia.com|accessdate=22 September 2014}}</ref><ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/devine-jones-passes-away/article512879.ece "Devine Jones passes away"] - The Hindu</ref> which won the gold medal in Delhi.<br />
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Devine-Jones was also the [[boxing]] coach for the Indian Olympic team for the [[1972 Munich Olympics]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Sainik Samachar: The Pictorial Weekly of the Armed Forces|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SgzfAAAAMAAJ|date=January 1981}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=India in Olympic Games|url=http://www.sportsbharti.com/boxing/olympic-games/|website=www.sportsbharti.com|accessdate=22 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917011735/http://www.sportsbharti.com/boxing/olympic-games/|archive-date=17 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> as well as the country's flag bearer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Who are India's flag-bearers at Olympics?|url=http://news.oneindia.in/2012/07/19/who-are-indias-flag-bearers-at-olympics-1038233.html|accessdate=22 September 2014|publisher=One India News}}</ref> He was elected secretary of the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation in 1976 and then reelected in 1980.<ref name=ifr>{{cite book|title=Indian and Foreign Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v7vRAAAAMAAJ|year=1980|publisher=Publications Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India}}</ref><ref name=ie>{{cite web|title=Boxing ex-official Devine Jones dead - Indian Express |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/boxing-exofficial-devine-jones-dead/645188/|website=archive.indianexpress.com|accessdate=22 September 2014}}</ref> He was an AIBA qualified Referee and Judge and officiated many international boxing championships.<ref name=ifr /><ref name=ie /> He was also elected as an executive committee member of AIBA in 1986.<ref>{{cite book|title=The States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JN8iAQAAMAAJ|publisher=India News and Feature Alliance.}}</ref><br />
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==Honours==<br />
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'''India'''<br />
*[[Football at the Asian Games|Asian Games]] Gold medal: [[Football at the 1951 Asian Games|1951]]<br />
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