Former Indian girls’s hockey workforce captain Elvera Britto died right here on Tuesday because of outdated age comparable issues.
She was once 81.
Elvera, the eldest of the 3 well-known Britto sisters (others are Rita and Mae), dominated the home circuit from 1960 to 1967, guiding Karnataka to seven nationwide titles.
She represented India in opposition to Australia, Sri Lanka and Japan.
In 1965, Elvera changed into most effective the second one girls hockey participant to be conferred with the Arjuna Award after Anne Lumsden (1961).
Elvera was once unmarried during lifestyles like her sisters.
Hockey India condoled the demise of Elvera.
“It’s saddening to be told concerning the passing away of Elvera Britto. She was once forward of her occasions and completed such a lot in girls’s hockey and persisted to serve the game as an administrator with the state,” HI president Gyanendro Ningombam stated in a remark.
“On behalf of Hockey India and all of the hockey fraternity, we want to categorical our inner most condolences to her circle of relatives.”