Elvera Britto

Elvera Britto (15 June 194026 April 2022) was an Indian field hockey player who captained the Indian women's hockey team and the Mysore state's team. She captained the Mysore team for eight consecutive national titles between 1960 and 1967. Britto received the Arjuna Award, India's second highest sporting honor, in 1965.

Britto also served as a president of the Karnataka State Women's Hockey Association and a selector for the national women's team.

Early life Britto was born on 15 June 1940 into an Anglo-Indian family in Cooke Town, a suburb in the Indian city of Bangalore. She was the eldest of four sisters, three of whom would go on to represent the country as a member of the national women's hockey team. In her younger days, Britto participated in multiple sports, including cricket, swimming, and football. As captain between 1960 and 1967, she led the team to win national titles for eight consecutive years. Along with her sisters, Rita and Mae, the Britto sisters were considered a 'formidable trio' in the Indian national and Mysore state teams.

After Britto's retirement from playing in the 1970s, she remained associated with the game as an administrator, serving as the president of the Karnataka State Women's Hockey Association for two terms over eight years. She was aged 81. She remained unmarried during her lifetime.

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