Puran Bahadur Thapa
Puran Bahadur Thapa (born 1928) is an Indian footballer who played for the India national team and the Services football team. He scored a hat-trick for the national team in a 3–1 win against Pakistan in the 1954 Colombo Cup at the Eden Gardens. It was the second hat-trick by an Indian footballer post-independence in international football after Sheoo Mewalal. Career
Thapa was an officer in the Indian Army and represented the Gorkha Brigade and Services in the Santosh Trophy and domestic tournaments. International goals
Scores and results list India's goal tally first. Honours

India
 Colombo Cup: 1954, 1955

References 

1928 births
Living people
Indian men's footballers
India men's international footballers
Footballers from Meghalaya
People from Shillong
Indian Gorkhas
Men's association football midfielders
Indian Army personnel