D. E. Ethiraj
D.E. Ethiraj (1 July 1934 – 11 December 2020) was an Indian footballer who represented India national team at the 1962 Asian Games and won a gold. [1]
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Full name | D.E. Ethiraj | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 1 July 1934 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bangalore, India | |||||||||||||||
Date of death | 11 December 2020 | (aged 86)|||||||||||||||
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Ethiraj joined the Indian Army in 1948 and served in the Madras Sappers. He played for Mysore and Services in the Santosh Trophy.[1]
He died in December 2020 at the age of 86.[2]
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India
- Asian Games Gold medal: 1962
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sport & Pastime, p.15, 03 August 1963.
- ↑ India's Asian Games football champion Ethiraj passes away