Puran Bahadur Thapa
Puran Bahadur Thapa was 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 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament at the Eden Gardens. It was the second hat-trick by an Indian footballer post-independence in international football after Sheoo Mewalal. Thapa died in 2014.
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
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 23 December 1954 | Calcutta FC Ground, Calcutta, India | 2–1 | 1954 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament | |
| 2. | 26 December 1954 | Calcutta FC Ground, Calcutta, India | 3–1 | 1954 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament | |
| 3. | 26 December 1954 | Calcutta FC Ground, Calcutta, India | 3–1 | 1954 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament | |
| 4. | 26 December 1954 | Calcutta FC Ground, Calcutta, India | 3–1 | 1954 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament |