Amiya Deb
Amiya Kumar Deb (16 November 1917 – 10 January 1983) was an Indian sportsman active in the 1930s and 1940s who played both association football and cricket.
Playing career
Deb played football for Mohun Bagan,[1] and cricket for Bengal.[2] He is the first footballer who scored a hat-trick in Mohun Bagan vs East Bengal match, known as the Kolkata Derby.[3][4][5] He scored all 4 goals in darbhanga shield (one of the most difficult tournaments in those days after Calcutta Football League and IFA Shield) in 1934 (on 5th September 1934) for Mohun Bagan against East Bengal. It was the Bengal zone, India section semifinal match of Darbhanga shield. Mohun Bagan won the match 4–1.
He also scored in darbhanga shield Bengal zone India section final match of 1933 (on 30 August 1933) and Mohun Bagan won the match 2–0. Amiyo deb scored several goals in the Mohun Bagan vs East Bengal match in the 1930s. Asit Ganguly scored the second hat trick in this Mohun Bagan vs East Bengal derby in Raja Memorial Shield final, which got played in their common ground of Mohun Bagan and East Bengal on 6 August 1937 and Mohun Bagan won the match 4–0. East Bengal was the stronger side, but their goalkeeper Peary Das made few costly errors in that Raja Memorial Shield final. In the 1930s, decade Raja Memorial Shield used to be an important knock out tournaments in Kolkata Maidan, played by all big clubs.
See also
References
- ^ Mohun Bagan official site Archived 21 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cric Info
- ^ "100 years of Kolkata derby". 19 February 2021. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "Kolkata derby history". Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ Sen, Shomini (7 September 2016). "East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan: The War Between Hilsa and Prawns". News18. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
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