D. Ethiraj
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| Full name | Dharmalingam Ethiraj | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 July 1934 | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 11 December 2020 (aged 86) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bangalore, India | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| EME Secunderabad | |||||||||||||||||
| 1957–1963 | MEG Bangalore | ||||||||||||||||
| 1958–1962 | Services | ||||||||||||||||
| 1962–1966 | Mysore | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| India | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Dharmalingam 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. He was the oldest player in the young yet talented Indian Team. [1][2][3][4] Ethiraj joined the Indian Army in 1948 and served in the Madras Sappers. He played for Mysore and Services in the Santosh Trophy. He was the top scorer in the 1961 Santosh Trophy. [4]
He died in December 2020 at the age of 86.[5]
Honours
India
- Asian Games Gold medal: 1962
Services
- Santosh Trophy: 1960–61
MEG Bangalore
- DCM Trophy runner-up: 1959[1]
References
- ^ a b "1962 Asian Games gold medallist D. Ethiraj dies at 87". Sportstar. 11 December 2020.
- ^ Vyshakh, K (11 December 2020). "1962 Asian Games gold medalist D Ethiraj passes away". Sportskeeda.
- ^ Cyriac, Biju Babu (12 December 2020). "Jakarta Asiad gold medallist Ethiraj no more". The Times of India.
- ^ a b Sport & Pastime, p. 15, 3 August 1963.
- ^ India's Asian Games football champion Ethiraj passes away
External links
- Ethiraj, as Mysore captain, receives the trophy for the third place in the 1966 Santosh Trophy, hinduimages.com
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