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| Full name | Chinadorai Deshmutu | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Chinadorai Deshmutu (born October 26, 1932, date of death unknown) was an Indian hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Indian field hockey team, which won the gold medal. He played one match as goalkeeper.
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