Throughout its history, Calcutta Customs has maintained a significant contribution in the field of sports, whether at the state level or at the national or international levels. Apart from contributing players to various teams, Calcutta Customs has its own teams in Hockey, Football and Cricket, which competes in the respective state leagues. To give impetus to the sporting activities in India, Customs recruits meritorious sportsmen and women from time to time. Here is a list of sportsmen and women who have made us proud through their excellence and achievement.

 

    HOCKEY

Leslie Claudius Represented the country in Olympic Games in 1948 (London), 1952 (Helsinki), 1956 (Melbourne) and in 1960(Rome). Awarded “Padmashree” in 1971
Shaukat Ali

Olympic in 1928

F. Seaman Olympic in 1928
Mashud Minas Olympic in 1932
Eric Henderson Olympic in 1936
Gurbax Singh Olympic in 1960
Baljit Singh Saihni Olympic in 1996 after he had left the department
   
R. Fertado
A.V.V. Mudaliar Played in National team in Afghanistan between 1950 and 1952
Haripada Guha
Rajbir Singh
   
R.D. Mishra Paticipated in National Team in 1947 in Ceylon
   
A.C. McGready
C.Deefhells
R.Neil
Renten
Joost Hodges
E. Ford
S. Minto
P. Damzon
Brendish
Harvey Johnston
Asad Ali
Mohosin
Jardin
Danies Represented the State at National Level at various times
Vears
Rebello

Indrajit Rai

Rajkapoor
Daljit Singh
R.N. Singh
C.S. Rawat
B. Minz

B. Daffader

Manab Roy Choudhury
Barinder Singh
A.T. Laxmikant

K.S. Prasad

Ashoke Mahindra
Ashim Datta
Asit De
Keshab Roy Chowdhury
Manjinder Singh
S.S. Bhist
R.P.S. Rajwar
N.K. Rai
   
Bharat Chopra Selected as stand by player in Olympic in 1976, represented I.H.F. Team in 1977
Usman Khan Represented the country, played in Afghanistan & Africa
   
S.S. Ahmed
P.P. Chaturvedi
V.Pradhan All attended pre-Olympic Coaching camp at different times
P.K. Jeena
K.C.Ganapati
   
M.K. Gupta Represented Junior India Team and played in Pakistan in 1987
Rajinder Singh Represented the country in South Africa

 

Champion in Calcutta Hockey League

1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1927, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1050, 1963 and 1996

 

Beighton Cup Champion

1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1925, 1926, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1938, 1965

 


    CRICKET

 

Mintu Das
Jiten Singh
Prasenjit Ganguli Represented the State in the National Level
Nilambar Saha
Partha Sen
Tapan Bhattacharya
   
Buddha Mitra Represented the State and were appointed as Selector / Manager C.A.B.
Sujan Mukherjee Represented the State and were appointed as Selector / Manager C.A.B.

 


    FOOTBALL

 

P.B.A. Saleh Participated in Olympic Football
M.A. Rahim Participated in Olympic Football
   
Paritosh Chakraborty Played in International Games
K. Bhattacharya Played in Indian football team as Captain & vice captain while visiting Australia in 1938
   
C.McGuire
Chandan Gupta Played in the National Team
D.K. Kayal
   
Chandan Banerjee
Sambhu Das Chaudhury
Dinu Das Represented the state
Mihir Kar
Partha Sarathi Das
D.K. Datta

 


     OTHER SPORTS

               

P.N. Bhatnagar Represented the state in Table Tennis
   
Sumita Ghosh Represented the country in Rifle shooting in World Championship at Atlanta