multisports club
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Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
based in the city of
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
Calcutta Football League
The Calcutta Football League (CFL) is a ladder-based football competition in the Indian state of West Bengal, organised by Indian Football Association (WB), under state football leagues in India. Due to sponsorship reasons, the league is offi ...
. The club previously competed in Super Division of CFL. Their
cricket
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team plays in the CAB tournaments.
History
Howrah Union club was formed in 1922, by Panchanon Choungda from Amta, Howrah. Initially they played football at Howrah Maidan and eventually got affiliation from the
Indian Football Association
The Indian Football Association, abbreviated as IFA, is the organisation that administers association football in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the oldest Football Association in India and was founded in 1893. Among the founders was form ...
and joined
Calcutta Football League
The Calcutta Football League (CFL) is a ladder-based football competition in the Indian state of West Bengal, organised by Indian Football Association (WB), under state football leagues in India. Due to sponsorship reasons, the league is offi ...
. They got promoted to the First Division in 1929 and won the Trades Cup in 1932. In the 1936
IFA Shield
The IFA Shield is an annual football competition organized by the Indian Football Association. The IFA is the governing body of football in the state of West Bengal, came into existence in 1893. Named after the association, the IFA Shield to ...
, they went till the semi-finals by defeating the 1933 winners
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
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The regiment was created on 1 July 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms, by the merger of the 32nd (Cornwall Light ...
.
They shifted to their current ground at the Kolkata Maidan in 1962 which they share with Mohammedan Sporting. Russi Mody, the former chairman and managing director of
Tata Steel
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Formerly known as Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited (TISCO), Tata S ...
and a prominent member of the
Tata Group
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was a longtime President of the club.
Notable players
Notable players who have played or have started their careers at the club include Sailen Manna,Indian Legendary Football Players Profile
Arun Ghosh
Arun Ghosh (born 7 July 1941) is a former Indian football player who represented India internationally. He also played club football for both the Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan AC and East Bengal Club.
Playing career
He was part of the team that pl ...
,
Ashok Chatterjee
Ashok Chatterjee (1942 – 22 September 2020) was an Indian association football player.
Mohammad Abdus Sattar
Mohammad Abdus Sattar (1925 – 23 April 2011) was an Indian association football, footballer. He was also known as Madar Abdus Sattar.
Career
Club career
Abdus Sattar started his career with the Bangalore Muslim Club, before joining the Moham ...
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...
section, which is affiliated with the
Cricket Association of Bengal
Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) is the governing body for cricket in the Indian state of West Bengal. Its headquarters are located in the Eden Gardens stadium, Kolkata. It is a full member of Board of Control for Cricket in India.
It gover ...
, and competes in the CAB Second Division League.
Men's hockey
Men's hockey team of the club is affiliated to Bengal Hockey Association (known as 'Hocke Bengal'), and competes in the Calcutta Hockey League.
References
Further reading
Bibliography
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*Ghosh, Saurindra Kumar. ''Krira Samrat Nagendraprasad Sarbadhikary 1869–1940'' (Calcutta: N. P. Sarbadhikary Memorial Committee, 1963) (hereafter Krira Samrat).
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* ''From recreation to competition: Early history of Indian football'' {{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181632/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14660970500106295?journalCode=fsas20 , date=9 July 2021 . pp. 124–141. Published online: 6 Aug 2006. ''Taylor & Francis''. Retrieved 30 June 2021.