Maxie Vaz

{{short description|Indian field hockey player}}

{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}

{{Infobox field hockey player

|name=Maxie Vaz

|fullname=Maximiano Vaz

|nationality=Indian

|birth_date=1923

|birth_place=Goa, Portuguese India

|death_date={{dda|21 July 1991|1923|df=y}}

|death_place=Mombasa, Kenya

|sport=Field Hockey

|updated=

|medaltemplates-expand=yes

|medaltemplates={{MedalSport|Men's Field hockey}}

{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

File:Olympic rings.svg

{{MedalGold|1948 London|Team}}

}}

Maximiano "Maxie" Vaz (1923 – 21 July 1991) was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/success-that-day-tasted-the-best-72nd-anniversary-of-independent-indias-first-olympic-gold/articleshow/77499844.cms|title=Success that day tasted the best 72nd anniversary of independent India|access-date=15 August 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/1948-olympics-record-fourth-gold-medal-for-india/article3620679.ece|title=1948 Olympics record fourth gold medal|access-date=15 August 2021}}