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1945–46 Santosh Trophy
The 1945–46 Santosh Trophy was the 3rd edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. It was held in Bombay. Bengal defeated Bombay 2-0 in the final.Bengal wins Santosh Trophy
Indian Express, 12 OCtober, 1945 Fred Pugsley, an Anglo-Burmese footballer who had moved to India temporarily during the , scored seven goals in Bengal's win over Rajputana. This is a record in Santosh Trophy that was later equalled by Inder Singh in
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Bengal Football Team
The West Bengal football team (Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ ফুটবল দল) is an Indian football team representing West Bengal in Indian state football competitions including the Santosh Trophy. They became the second Indian team to participate in the continental top tier tournament – Asian Champion Club Tournament – by playing in the 1970 edition following Mysore in 1969. History Incorporated in 1893 during the British rule in India, West Bengal have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals 45 times, having won 32 titles, the most by any team. Managed by legendary Balaidas Chatterjee, the team won six Santosh Trophy titles between 1949 and 1959. In 1962, former Indian captain Samar Banerjee guided Bengal winning the trophy. Prior to 2003, the team competed as "Bengal football team". On 16 August 2021, West Bengal played a friendly match against India national team at the Salt Lake Stadium and it was won by India by 1–0. In October 2022, West Bengal ma ...
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Punjab Football Team
The Punjab football team is an Indian football team representing Punjab in Indian state football competitions including the Santosh Trophy. They have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals 14 times, and have won the trophy 8 times. Honours * Santosh Trophy ** Winners (8): 1970–71, 1974–75, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 2006–07, 2007–08 ** Runners-up (8): 1977–78, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1994–95, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2018–19 * National Games ** Gold medal (3): 1985, 2001, 2002 ** Silver medal (3): 1997, 2011, 2015 * B.C. Roy Trophy ** Winners (5): 1985–86, 1992–93, 2001–02, 2015–16, 2016–17 ** Runners-up (4): 1982–83, 1994–95, 2018–19, 2019–20 * Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy ** Runners-up (4): 1989–90, 1990–91, 1995–96, 2009–10 * Bordoloi Trophy The Bordoloi Trophy, also known as the Bharat Ratna Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Trophy, is a premier annual Indian football tournament held in Guwahati and organi ...
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Sattar Basheer
Sattar Basheer (1924–1987) was an Indian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References External links * 1924 births 1987 deaths Indian men's footballers Footballers from Bangalore India men's international footballers Olympic footballers for India Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Men's association football midfielders {{India-footy-bio-stub ...
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Muhammad Noor
Muhammad Noor (1925 – 9 June 2000) was an Indian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Playing career In club football, Noor appeared with Hyderabad City Police FC, then one of the strongest sides in Indian football. He later represented India national team, managed by Syed Abdul Rahim. Honours India * Asian Games Gold medal: 1951 * Colombo Cup The Colombo Cup was an annual football tournament first held in Colombo, Ceylon. It was also known as Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament. Established in 1952 by the Ceylon Football Association as a part of the Colombo Fair, teams from India, Pa ...: 1954 Hyderabad * Santosh Trophy: 1956–57, 1957–58 References External links * 1925 births 2000 deaths Indian footballers India international footballers Olympic footballers of India Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Footballers from Hyderabad, India Association footbal ...
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Norbert Fruvall
Norbert Andrew Fruvall was an Indian footballer. In the 1940s, Fruvall was the captain and the coach of Hyderabad City Police that was one of the strongest football teams in India. He recruited players like Noor Muhammad, Moinuddin and G. Y. S. Laiq. The Police won the Ashe Gold Cup in Bangalore in 1943 defeating Royal Air Force 2–1, with Fruvall scoring both goals. When the Durand Cup was resumed after war in 1950, they won it in the first year. Fruvall was selected to play for India in the 1948 Olympics but could not make it. He retired from football in 1951. He captained Hyderabad in their first appearance in Santosh Trophy in 1944. His son Conrad Fruvall was a cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman who played for Indian Schools in 1973 and first class cricket for Hyderabad Cricket Association in the Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament The Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament is an Indian cricket competition that has been held in Hyderabad (and sometimes nearby Secunde ...
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Thenmadom Varghese
Thenmadom Mathew Varghese (1920 – 10 January 1979) was an Indian professional footballer who played as a defender and was also known as Thiruvalla Pappan and Tata Pappan. He began his football career at the age of 16 by playing for ''Thiruvalla'' ''Town Club.'' He was inducted into Travancore State Police team by the first Inspector-general of police Khan Bahadur Sayid Abdul Karim Sahib Suhrawady. Then he was handpicked into Tata Sports Club, Mumbai. He had represented Tata SC for Santosh Trophy tournaments. From there he found his way to the India national football team. T. Varghese represented India at the 1948 Summer Olympics and was considered one of the best defenders for India during the 1940s and 1950s. He is the first Malayali to participate in a team event in Olympic Games (1948 Olympics) and also the second Malayali to ever participate in Olympics. He was part of the Indian football team which won gold medal in Asian Games 1951. After retiring from field he ...
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Sanjeeva Uchil
Sanjeeva Uchil (died 24 February 2006) was an Indian football goalkeeper who represented India at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. His origins are from the southern Indian city of Mangalore in Karnataka state. Honours India * Colombo Cup: 1953, 1954, 1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ... References External links * Indian men's footballers 2006 deaths Year of birth missing India men's international footballers Olympic footballers for India Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics People from Udupi district Footballers from Karnataka Footballers at the 1954 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for India Men's association football goalkeepers {{India-footy-bio-stub ...
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Mahabir Prasad (footballer)
Mahabir Prasad (born 1918, date of death unknown) was an Indian footballer. He represented India at men's tournament of the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Honours East Bengal *IFA Shield: 1945 Bengal * Santosh Trophy The Santosh Trophy, officially known as Hero Senior Men's National Football Championship due to sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp, is a state-level football competition contested by the state associations and government institutions under ...: 1945–46 References External links * 1918 births Year of death missing Footballers from Bihar Indian footballers East Bengal Club players Mohun Bagan AC players India international footballers Olympic footballers of India Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Footballers from Kolkata Association football midfielders Calcutta Football League players {{India-footy-bio-stub ...
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Talimeren Ao
Talimeren Ao (28 January 1918 – 13 September 1998) was an Indian footballer and physician from Nagaland. He is best known as the captain of the India national football team in their first ever match after independence. One of the most famous Nagas, he was a figurehead of India's football history, and his name is resonant in the collective memory of the people. He played domestic club football for Mohun Bagan. Early life On 28 January 1918, Ao was born to Reverend Subongwati Ningdangri Ao and Maongsangla Changkilari in Changki village in the Naga Hills. He was their fourth child among 12. Ao studied at Impur Christian School and was captain of the school team. In 1937, he was nominated as best footballer of All Assam Inter School Football Championship after winning the tournament with the team. He later joined Jorhat Christian Mission School and also captained it's football ream. Club career Mohun Bagan In 1943, Ao joined then Calcutta Football League club Mohun Bagan AC, ...
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Taj Mohammed (footballer)
Taj Mohammed (born 1924, date of death unknown) was an Indian footballer who played for then Calcutta Football League side East Bengal. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Playing career Mohammed began his club football career in 1948 at Calcutta Football League club East Bengal. He along with Muhammad Umer, appeared with Karachi-based National Football Championship club Friends Union in 1953–54, and also captained the team. After representing India at international level, he migrated to Pakistan and went on to play for the Pakistan national football team at the Quadrangular Tournament in 1953 in Rangoon. They finished as runners-up in that tournament, as India won title. He was also a member of Pakistan team that toured to Iran and Iraq in the 1950s. Honours Bengal * Santosh Trophy: 1945–46 East Bengal * IFA Shield: 1949 * Calcutta Football League: 1949 * Rovers Cup: 1949 Pakistan * Colombo Cup runner-up: 1953 See also * List of India ...
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Cooperage Ground
The Cooperage Football Ground is a football stadium located in Nariman Point, Mumbai, India. It is currently home to multiple Mumbai Football League clubs. The Western India Football Association has operated from the Cooperage Ground since 1969, and the Mumbai District Football Association holds a small office. It was a venue for one of India's premier national leagues, the I-League. I-League club Kenkre is currently using the stadium as their home ground since their inception in 2000. History Cooperage Ground was the primary venue of the Rovers Cup, the third oldest football tournament in India after Durand and Trades Cup. The stadium was occupied by the British Indian Army during the World War I. In April 2011, plans were announced for the Cooperage Football Ground to be renovated when FIFA announced that they would give the Western India Football Association US$ 2 million in order to renovate that stadium. On 12 June 2011, it was announced in the Bombay High Court that th ...
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Rabi Das
Rabi Bhusan Das (date of birth unknown; died 21 April 1998) was an Indian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Honours Mohun Bagan *Durand Cup: 1953 Bengal *Santosh Trophy The Santosh Trophy, officially known as Hero Senior Men's National Football Championship due to sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp, is a state-level football competition contested by the state associations and government institutions under ...: 1945–46, 1953–54 References External links * Year of birth missing 1998 deaths Footballers from Kolkata Indian footballers India men's international footballers Olympic footballers for India Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Men's association football forwards Mohun Bagan AC players Calcutta Football League players {{India-footy-bio-stub ...
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