Puran Bahadur Thapa
Puran Bahadur Thapa (born 1928) is an Indian footballer who played for the India national team and represented Gorkha Brigade and Services in domestic tournaments. He scored a hat-trick for the national team in a 3–1 win against Pakistan in the 1954 Colombo Cup at the Eden Gardens. It was the first hat-trick by an Indian footballer in international football on Indian soil.[1][2][3][4][5]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1928 | ||
| Place of birth | Upper Mawprem, Shillong,[1] British India (now in Meghalaya) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Gorkha Brigade | |||
| Services | |||
| International career | |||
| India | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
References
- Kapadia, Novy (24 April 1983). "Puran Bahadur Thapa: India's first hat-trick man". Sportskeeda.
- "Meet India's first hat-trick scorer from Meghalaya". The Northeast Today. 16 June 2018.
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- Chatterjee, Sayan (10 December 2020). "Who was the first Indian to score an international hat-trick in football". The Bridge.
- "International hat-tricks scored by Indian footballers". Sportstar. 3 May 2020.
- Morrison, Neil (1999). "Asian Quadrangular Tournament 1954 (Calcutta, India)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
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