Anne Lumsden, is a former Indian field hockey player from Bengal and member of Indian women's hockey team. She was the first Indian hockey player to get an Arjuna Award in 1961.[1] She was a forward. She was part of the Senior India women's team that visited Australia in 1956 and Sri Lanka in 1960 and 1962. She top scored in the first Sri Lankan tour where India won all the matches.[2]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian |
| Born | Bengal, British India |
| Sport | |
| Country | India |
| Sport | Field hockey |
Born in an Anglo-Indian family, Anne also played tennis and was part of Charnock House at La Martiniere for Girls, Calcutta (now Kolkata).[3][4]
Prithipal Singh is the other first hockey player from the Indian men's hockey team who got the Award when Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961.[5] Anne was a compatriot of Elvera Britto.
References
edit- ^ "Former women's hockey team captain Elvera Britto dead". Hindustan Times. 2022-04-26. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
- ^ "ANN LUMSDEN". Stick2Hockey. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
- ^ "Arjuna Award for Anne Lumsden". The Hindu. 1962-03-31. pp. 1 Sport and Pastime. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
- ^ Mills, Megan S. (2001). "A most remarkable community: Anglo-Indian contributions to sport in India". Contemporary South Asia. 10 (2): 223–236. doi:10.1080/09584930120083828. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ^ "Arjuna Award". Hockey India. Retrieved 2023-09-12.