Pankaj Gupta

Pankaj Kumar Gupta MBE[2] (10 September 1898 – 6 March 1971) was one of the earliest Indian sports administrators involved in professional football,[3] hockey and cricket.

He made an entry into the administration of the Indian Football Association, as a representative of Sporting Union club.

In 1924, he was manager of the IFA team that went on a tour to Java, then part of Dutch East Indies and presently Indonesia.

[6] Starting with Los Angeles Olympic Games in 1932, he was manager or coach of the Indian team or contingent to many sports events in Europe and America.

[citation needed] So close were the two that when Jhansi Heroes went to Kolkata to participate in Beighton Cup, all the players put up in hotel, but Dhyan Chand stayed with Gupta.