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Vece Paes (born 30 April 1945) is a former Indian hockey midfielder, and representing the Indian team in the 1972 Munich Olympics, that won the bronze medal. [1] He is the father of Indian tennis player Leander Paes. He is also a doctor in sports medicine, [2] and served as the president of the Calcutta Cricket and Football Club. [3] [4]

He studied Pre-medical course from Presidency College, Calcutta during 1964-65. He attended La Martiniere College in Lucknow. [5] He is married to Jennifer Dutton, a great-granddaughter of Michael Madhusudan Dutt.

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  2. ↑ Ninan, Susan (3 July 2020). "Sport, interrupted: After 228 years, Kolkata's storied CC&FC laid low by lockdown". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "Calcutta Cricket and Football Club — Past Presidents". ccfc1792.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  4. ↑ Chakraborty, Ajanta (30 July 2013). "World's oldest sports club to go to ballot box for the first time in 221 years". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Kolkata: The Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
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