Eric Thomas Paine was a Singapore national football team goalkeeper. He is widely considered to be one of the best goalkeepers Singapore ever had. He first played for the national team in 1968. An injury relegated him to second-choice in 1977. He subsequently retired from the national team in 1978.

Eric, a Eurasian, studied in Victoria School

Victoria School

Victoria School in Singapore is a government secondary school for boys, founded in 1876, at Siglap Link, about one kilometre from affiliated Victoria Junior College....

 and was a major in the Singapore Armed Forces

Singapore Armed Forces

The Singapore Armed Forces is the military arm of the Total Defence of the Republic of Singapore; as well as the military component of the Ministry of Defence. The SAF comprises three branches: the Singapore Army, the Republic of Singapore Air Force and the Republic of Singapore Navy...

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External links

• Top cats in lions' den, 28 November 2008
• Failure if Lions do not at least equal showing of the 1977 Lions team