DR TALIMEREN AO: AO captained independent India's first football team at the 1948 London Olympics. The barefoot team impressed spectators but missed two penalties to lose 2-1 to France. The Naga footballer also captained Mohun Bagan but refused an Arsenal offer in order to pursue medicine. He retired as director of health services in Nagaland in 1978.
SACHIN NAG: PM Nehru rushed to hug Nag when he won India's only Asian Games swimming gold to date, at the 1st Asian Games held at Delhi in 1951. Earlier, at the 1948 London Olympics, his 4 goals helped India beat Chile 7-4 in water polo. Delhi's Asian Games village has a residential block named after him.
