Anthony Patrick (1927 – 22 April 2010) was an Indian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played for the India national team and represented

Hyderabad City Police FC Hyderabad City Police FC, also known as City Afghans, were the most famous team in the Hyderabad Football Association. They were associated with the Hyderabad City Police during the reign of the Nizam of Hyderabad. The club was one of power house ...

in domestic tournaments.

Playing career

He was selected to play for the national team at the

1954 Asian Games The 1954 Asian Games ( fil, Palarong Asyano 1954), officially known as the Second Asian Games – Manila 1954 was a multi-sport event held in Manila, Philippines, from May 1 to 9, 1954. A total of 970 athletes from 19 Asian National Olympic Commi ...

at Manila and also at the 1953 and 1954 editions of the

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 ...

. In

1954 Colombo Cup 1954 Colombo Cup was the third edition of the Colombo Cup held in Calcutta, India. India won the tournament for a third time. Squads Points Tables (C) refers to Champions Matches All the results are based on data from ---- ---- ---- ...

, he scored a goal against

Burma national football team The Myanmar national football team ( my, မြန်မာ့လက်ရွေးစင်အမျိုးသားအသင်း) represents Myanmar in men's international association football and are governed by the Myanmar Football Fede ...

Eden Gardens The Eden Gardens is a cricket ground in Kolkata, India. Established in 1864, it is the oldest and second-largest cricket stadium in India and third-largest in the world. The stadium currently has a capacity of 66,000. Eden Gardens is often re ...

. He also won five

Rovers Cup The Rovers Cup was an annual football tournament held in India, organized by the Western India Football Association. It was the second oldest tournament in India after Durand Cup. History Rovers Cup was incorporated by some British football e ...

titles while playing for the Rahim managed Hyderabad City Police consecutively from 1950 to 1954. He also represented Hyderabad in

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 ...

Honours

Hyderabad City Police *

Durand Cup The Durand Football Tournament, commonly known as Durand Cup, is an annual domestic football competition in India which was first held in 1888 in Shimla. Hosted by the Durand Football Tournament Society (DFTS) and All India Football Federation ...

: 1950–51, 1954, 1957–58, 1961; runner-up: 1952, 1956–57 *

: 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957 *

DCM Trophy The Delhi Cloth Mills Trophy, known simply as D.C.M. Trophy, was an invitational football tournament in India. It was held annually in New Delhi and was organised by the local Delhi Football Association. It was India's first football tournament ...

: 1959 * Sait Nagjee Trophy: 1958 India *

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...

1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

Hyderabad *

: 1956–57, 1957–58

References

1927 births 2010 deaths Indian men's footballers India men's international footballers Footballers from Hyderabad, India Men's association football forwards Footballers at the 1954 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for India {{India-footy-bio-stub