A small Himalayan town that gave India 10 Olympic gold medal winners.
Indian hockey owes its initial success greatly to schools of Mussoorie, which have been the early training grounds of as muny as 10 Olympic hockey gold medal winners between 1928 and 1936. In fact, the first Indian Olympic hockey team of 1928 had 6 players, 1932 team 5 players and 1936 Olympic team had 4 players who had studied in Mussoorie and had spent a significant number of days training here. Known for its excellent boarding schools, well equipped with the best of facilities and coaching, the schools of Mussoorie carry a legacy like no other.
According to Brother J.C. Carroll of St. George’s College Mussoorie, a total of 7 alumni of the school were part of gold medal winning Indian hockey teams. These were George Marthins (1928), M. A. Gateley (1928), William James Goodsir Cullen (1928), Carlyle Carroll Tapsell (1932 to 1936), Ernest John Goodsir Cullen (1936) and Lionel C. Emmett (1936)
N. Nugent also a student at St. George’s and studied here prior to Independence. He, later, became part of bronze medal winning team of Great Britain at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.
The alumnus of Oak Grove School, Mussoorie, included Richard James Allen (1928 to 1936) Eric Pinniger (1928 to 1932), Leslie Charles Hammond (1928 to 1932) and Richard John Carr (1932).
Ft. Richard Allen in the second picture (extreme left)
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