Puran Bahadur Thapa

Puran Bahadur Thapa (born 1928) is an Indian footballer who played for the Indian 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]

Puran Bahadur Thapa
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
National team
India
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Honours

International
India

References
  1. Kapadia, Novy (24 April 1983). "Puran Bahadur Thapa: India's first hat-trick man". Sportskeeda.
  2. "Meet India's first hat-trick scorer from Meghalaya". The Northeast Today. 16 June 2018.
  3. Basu, Jaydeep (26 February 2020). "No Country for Strikers: The Forgotten Goal Poachers of Indian Football". NewsClick.
  4. Chatterjee, Sayan (10 December 2020). "Who was the first Indian to score an international hat-trick in football". The Bridge.
  5. "International hat-tricks scored by Indian footballers". Sportstar. 3 May 2020.


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