Template:Infobox football biography Desmond Neville Devine-Jones (15 August 1928 – 11 July 2010) was a Brigadier[1] in the Army Physical Training Corps (APTC) of the Indian Army.[2] He was part of the 1951 Indian Men's Football team at the 1951 Asian Games[3][4] which won the gold medal in Delhi.
Devine-Jones was also the boxing coach for the Indian Olympic team for the 1972 Munich Olympics,[5][6] as well as the country's flag bearer.[7] He was elected secretary of the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation in 1976 and then reelected in 1980.[8][9] He was an AIBA qualified Referee and Judge and officiated many international boxing championships.[8][9] He was also elected as an executive committee member of AIBA in 1986.[10]
Honours
India
- Asian Games Gold medal: 1951
References
- ↑ Sainik Samachar: The Pictorial Weekly of the Armed Forces{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(1993)
- ↑ "Bandra boy snaps salute to Uttarakhand Heroes". Mid-Day.
- ↑ Former IABF secretary Brigader DN Devine Jones passes away. www.dnaindia.com.
- ↑ "Devine Jones passes away" - The Hindu
- ↑ Sainik Samachar: The Pictorial Weekly of the Armed Forces{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(January 1981)
- ↑ India in Olympic Games. www.sportsbharti.com.
- ↑ Who are India's flag-bearers at Olympics?. One India News.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Indian and Foreign Review{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Publications Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India(1980)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Boxing ex-official Devine Jones dead - Indian Express. archive.indianexpress.com.
- ↑ The States{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. India News and Feature Alliance.
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