------------------------------------------------------------------ Domnic Fernandes continues (Part III) his reminiscence of Mapusa of the 1950s http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=426 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi Cornel, Francis n Gabe !
In addition to Edgar and Egbert, do not forget Alou Mendoca who was once rated as the world's best left-outer, goal-keeper Saude George and captian - Tony Vaz who later made a name for himself by occasionally managing Kenya's world famous - middle -distance runner- Kipchoge Keino on his world trips. Then there was another duo in brothers- Hilary and Leo Fernandes;how-ever, do also bear in mind that many goans in East Africa could not represent Kenya,Uganda and Tanzania as they were non-citizens. A good example was Nairobi Sikh Union's reserve goal-keeper- the late Ivo Colaco. Sikh Union's main goal-keeper- Jack Simonian was also Kenya's number one goal-keeper and at one time- one of the best in the world. Jack was also famous as a motor rally safari driver. In Tanzania, we had Alban Fernandes and the late Armand "Chic" Saldanha - both of whom represented East Africa . Alban also represented East Africa in cricket and Chic played cricket for Tanzania. Other notable players in Tanzania were goal--keepers - Gangy Almeida and Auggie Fernandes and Gangy's brother - Fenelon - all great soccer players in their own right. They are all in Canada. In addition to five cricket players on the national team - including captain and vice-captain - Peter and Charlie DeSouza and all-rounder- Lawrence Fernandes, Uganda has also produced some great hockey players. Unfortunately, the only name that comes to my mind is that of goal-keeper- Roger Colaco and Xenon DeSouza- both also in Canada. PLease keep the ball rolling. rgds. Tony Barros. Union, New Jersey __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)