Neville D'Souza

Neville D'Souza
Personal information
Full name	Neville Stephen J. D'Souza
Date of birth	3 August 1932
Place of birth	Maharashtra, India
Date of death	16 March 1980 (aged 47)
Place of death	Maharashtra, India
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Bombay
International career
	India
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Neville Stephen J. D'Souza (3 August 1932 – 16 March 1980) was an Indian footballer who represented his nation at the 1956 Summer Olympics, where he became the first Asian player to score a hat-trick in an Olympic Games.^[2]^[3]^[4] D'Souza finished the tournament as joint top-scorer, with 4 goals in 3 games.^[5] D'Souza played club football for Bombay.^[6]

D'Souza married Lyra and they have a son named Nigel and two daughters Liesel and Fleurel. D'Souza died of a brain haemorrhage on 16 March 1980.^[2]

References

^ Neville Stephen D'Souza
^ ^a ^b Nitin N. Sethi (13 January 2004). "Mumbai salutes soccer legend". The Indian Times. Retrieved 8 March 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Nandakumar Marar (3 September 2000). "Recalling Neville's extraordinary exploits in Olympic football". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 March 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Football: India's day of Glory at Melbourne".
^ Stan Rayan (10 December 2005). "Where are the strikers?". The Sportstar. Retrieved 8 March 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ K. Bhaskaran (12 November 2001). "1956, the year the stars failed to shine". The Mid-Day. Retrieved 8 March 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)