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| name = Thenmadom Varghese<br />
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| fullname = Thenmadom Mathew Varghese<br />
| birth_date = {{birth year|1920}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Tiruvalla]], [[Kerala]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date|1979|01|10|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Parel]], [[Mumbai]]<br />
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| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]<br />
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| clubs1 = Thiruvalla Police<br />
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| clubs2 = Travancore State<br />
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| clubs3 = Tata Sports Club<br />
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| nationalyears1 = 1948–1962<br />
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{{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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'''Thenmadom Mathew Varghese''' (1920 &ndash; 10 January 1979) was an Indian professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[defender (association football)|defender]] and was also known as '''Thiruvalla Pappan''' and '''Tata Pappan'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/700961 |title=Thenmadom Varghese |work=Olympedia |access-date=17 October 2021}}</ref><br />
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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.<ref>{{cite news|title=A Football Legend Awaits His Due|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2014/jan/10/A-Football-Legend-Awaits-His-Due-562436.html}}</ref> He had represented Tata SC for [[Santosh Trophy]] tournaments. From there he found his way to the [[India national football team]].<br />
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T. Varghese represented [[India national football team|India]] at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]] and was considered one of the best defenders for India during the 1940s and 1950s.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rajan|first1=Adwaidh|title=This Tiruvalla Defender Stood Like a Wall in London Olympics|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/This-Tiruvalla-Defender-Stood-Like-a-Wall-in-London-Olympics/2013/12/17/article1949601.ece|accessdate=25 April 2015|work=New Indian Express|date=17 December 2013}}</ref> He is the first [[Malayali]] to participate in a team event in [[Olympic Games]] ([[1948 Summer Olympics|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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Chatterjee|first=Sayan|date=2021-02-16|title=Forgotten Legends: First Malayali footballer to represent India in the Olympics|url=http://thebridge.in/featured/forgotten-legends-first-malayali-footballer-represent-india-olympics/|access-date=2021-03-09|website=thebridge.in|language=en}}</ref><br />
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After retiring from field he was associated with [[Tata Football Academy]] in [[Bombay]] for some period as a trainer. He died in 1979 while at [[Bombay]].<br />
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He was married to Saramma and the family had four children including three daughters namely Lilian, Shanta Alex and Ann and a son named Mathew Varghese, who also died.<br />
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==Honours==<br />
===International===<br />
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'''India'''<br />
*[[Football at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]: [[Football at the 1951 Asian Games|1951]]<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[List of Kerala Olympians]]<br />
* [[C. K. Lakshmanan]]<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 />
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[[Category:1920 births]]<br />
[[Category:1979 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Thiruvalla]]<br />
[[Category:Indian footballers]]<br />
[[Category:Association football defenders]]<br />
[[Category:Footballers from Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:India international footballers]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic footballers of India]]<br />
[[Category:Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Footballers at the 1951 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 1951 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in football]]<br />
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