T. Shanmugham
Thulukhanam Shanmugham (19 June 1920 – 13 December 2012) was an Indian footballer who represented his country in the 1952 Olympic Games.[1][2]
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| Full name | Thulukhanam Shanmugham | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | June 19, 1920 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Austin Town, Bangalore, India | |||||||||||||||
| Date of death | December 13, 2012 (aged 92) | |||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | |||||||||||||||
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| – | India | |||||||||||||||
Honours
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Playing careerEdit
Born in Austin Town, Bangalore,[3] Shanmugham played for Mysore State for most of his career, spurning offers to play for teams from Kolkata.[3] He was a gold medalist at the first Asian Games in 1951.[3]
Coaching careerEdit
After retiring from his playing career, Shanmugham became a coach and achieved two Federation Cup victories as manager of Salgaocar.[3]
Career outside footballEdit
Shanmugham was a police officer by profession and served the Mysore city police for 35 years, working as a security officer to two state governors.[3]
HonoursEdit
InternationalEdit
India
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Prashanth, GN (13 June 2010). "Enduring passion". Times of India. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ↑ "T. Shanmugham". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Sukumar, Dev S (27 June 2010). "A great footballer remembers the barefoot generation". Daily News and Analysis (India).
External linksEdit
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- sports-reference- Thulukhanam Shunmugham.
At both sites says that a player was born in 1924 - T. Shanmugham's obituary
- T. Shanmugham at WorldFootball.net
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