Joseph Deville Thomas Galibardy (10 January 1915 – 17 May 2011) was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

In 1936 he was a member of the Indian field hockey team, which won the gold medal. He played five matches as halfback.

Joseph Galibardy

Galibardy was born in Madras and received his school education from Goethals Memorial School, Kurseong in India. He visited his alma-mater, when Goethals celebrated its centenary in the year 2007 at the age of 93. Goethals Memorial School is also the alma-mater of his teammate Cyril Michie. Galibardy moved to England in 1956 and lived in Walthamstow, London at the time of his death. He was the last surviving member of the 1936 Indian field hockey team that won the gold medal.

Joseph Galibardy

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1915 births

2011 deaths

Field hockey players from Chennai

Olympic field hockey players for India

Field hockey players at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Indian male field hockey players

Olympic gold medalists for India

Anglo-Indian people

Olympic medalists in field hockey

Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Indian emigrants to England

British people of Anglo-Indian descent

Joseph Galibardy