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D. N. Devine Jones

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D. N. Devine Jones
Personal information
Full name Desmond Neville Devine-Jones
Date of birth (1928-08-15)15 August 1928
Date of death 11 July 2010(2010-07-11) (aged 81)[1]
Place of death Pune
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Services
International career
India
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  India
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1951 New Delhi Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Desmond Neville Devine-Jones (15 August 1928 – 11 July 2010) was a Brigadier[2] in the Army Physical Training Corps (APTC) of the Indian Army.[3] He was part of the 1951 Indian Men's Football team at the 1951 Asian Games[4][5] which won the gold medal in Delhi.

Devine-Jones was also the boxing coach for the Indian Olympic team for the 1972 Munich Olympics,[6][7] as well as the country's flag bearer.[8] He was elected secretary of the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation in 1976 and then reelected in 1980.[9][10] He was an AIBA qualified Referee and Judge and officiated many international boxing championships.[9][10] He was also elected as an executive committee member of AIBA in 1986.[11]

Honours

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India

References

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  1. ^ "Boxing ex-official Devine-Jones dead". Indian Express. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  2. ^ Sainik Samachar: The Pictorial Weekly of the Armed Forces. 1993.
  3. ^ "Bandra boy snaps salute to Uttarakhand Heroes". Mid-Day.
  4. ^ "Former IABF secretary Brigader DN Devine Jones passes away". www.dnaindia.com. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Devine Jones passes away" - The Hindu
  6. ^ Sainik Samachar: The Pictorial Weekly of the Armed Forces. January 1981.
  7. ^ "India in Olympic Games". www.sportsbharti.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  8. ^ "Who are India's flag-bearers at Olympics?". One India News. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  9. ^ a b Indian and Foreign Review. Publications Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. 1980.
  10. ^ a b "Boxing ex-official Devine Jones dead - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  11. ^ The States. India News and Feature Alliance.
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Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for India
Munich 1972
Succeeded by