 Kenchappa Varadaraj in the India National Football Team at 1948 London Olympics | ||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kenchappa Varadaiah Varadaraj | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 May 1924[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mysore | |||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 20 December 2011 (aged 87) | |||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Basaveshwaranagar, Bangalore, Karnataka, India | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| Mysore | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||
| India | ||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | ||||||||||||||||
Kenchappa Varadaiah Varadaraj (7 May 1924 – 20 December 2011)[2] was an Indian footballer.[3] He competed for India at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[4]
Honours[edit | edit source]
India
- Asian Games Gold medal: 1951
- Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament: 1953[5]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Legendary 'Six-footer' Olympian Varadaraj no more". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 January 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
- ↑ "Olympian footballer Varadaraj passes away". allafrica.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
- ↑ "Kenchappa Varadaraj". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ↑ "KV Varadaraj Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ↑ "Indian Soccer Team To Rangoon". The Indian Express. 21 October 1953. p. 6. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
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