The late army man didn't back from expressing his views. Met him a couple of times at the hockey grounds when he national hockey selector. He fell out of the hockey powers-that-be when he spoke against some Sikh hockey players for dominating the selection process. What he said was not wrong but not "politically correct" in hockey circles. His remarks hinged on communalism. His team, Maratha Light Infantry, was my favourite and goalkeeper Shankar Laxman one of my idols. Loved the way he stood in goal and brought off great saves. Laxman was the man was helped India win the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. An astute man who bore no nonsense from any quarters. Such men rarely last in Indian sports which is as mired in muck as it was then.
RIP, dear Eustace for making us Goans proud. Eugene Correia
