Q. Elvera Britto, who passed away recently, was a former Indian Captain of which sports?
Answer:
Hockey
Notes: Former Indian women’s hockey team captain Elvera Britto passed way recently due to age related ailments at the age of 81.
Elvera, the eldest of the three famous Britto sisters dominated the game from 1960 to 1967, leading Karnataka to seven national titles. She had also represented India against Australia, Sri Lanka and Japan. In 1965, Elvera became only the second women hockey player to be conferred with the Arjuna Award after Anne Lumsden (1961).