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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}<br />
{{Infobox football biography<br />
| name = Kenchappa Varadaraj<br />
| image = Kenchappavaradaraj.jpg<br />
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| caption = Kenchappa Varadaraj in the India National Football Team at 1948 London Olympics<br />
| fullname = Kenchappa Varadaiah Varadaraj <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|5|7|df=yes}}<ref name="TimesofIndia">{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Legendary-Six-footer-Olympian-Varadaraj-no-more/articleshow/11186434.cms |title=Legendary 'Six-footer' Olympian Varadaraj no more |accessdate=21 December 2011 |work=The Times of India |archive-date=8 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108204325/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Legendary-Six-footer-Olympian-Varadaraj-no-more/articleshow/11186434.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
| birth_place = [[Mysore]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|12|20|1924|5|7|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Basaveshwaranagar]], [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], India<br />
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| position = [[Goalkeeper (football)|Goalkeeper]]<br />
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{{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}<br />
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[Football at the 1951 Asian Games|1951 New Delhi]]|[[Football at the 1951 Asian Games – Men's team squads|Team]]}}<br />
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'''Kenchappa Varadaiah Varadaraj''' (7 May 1924 &ndash; 20 December 2011)<ref name="death">{{cite web |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/213211/olympian-footballer-varadaraj-passes-away.html |title=Olympian footballer Varadaraj passes away |accessdate=21 December 2011 |work=allafrica.com |archive-date=5 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205033147/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/213211/olympian-footballer-varadaraj-passes-away.html |url-status=live }}</ref> was an Indian footballer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25836 |title=Kenchappa Varadaraj |work=Olympedia |access-date=17 October 2021 |archive-date=17 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017193802/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25836 |url-status=live }}</ref> He competed for India at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/kv-varadaraj-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112615/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/kv-varadaraj-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=KV Varadaraj Olympic Results |access-date=8 March 2016 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref><br />
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==Honours==<br />
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'''India'''<br />
*[[Football at the Asian Games|Asian Games]] Gold medal: [[Football at the 1951 Asian Games|1951]]<br />
*[[Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament]]: [[1953 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament |1953]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Indian Soccer Team To Rangoon |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rMw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4476%2C1496116 |access-date=13 May 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=21 October 1953 |page=6 |archive-date=13 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513065005/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rMw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4476,1496116 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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{{India men's football squad 1948 Summer Olympics}}<br />
{{India men's football squad 1952 Summer Olympics}}<br />
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