T. Shanmugham
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Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
– | Maharaja Socials | |||||||||||||||
– | Bangalore Student FC | |||||||||||||||
– | Sullivan Police SC | |||||||||||||||
1944–1954 | Mysore | |||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
– | India | |||||||||||||||
Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||
1964–1978 | Karnataka | |||||||||||||||
1979–1996 | Salgaocar FC | |||||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Thulukhanam Shanmugham (19 June 1920 – 13 December 2012) was an Indian footballer who represented his country in the 1952 Olympic Games.[1][2]
Playing career
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 career
After retiring from his playing career, Shanmugham became a coach and achieved two Federation Cup victories as manager of Salgaocar.[3]
Career outside football
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]
Honours
Player
India
- Asian Games Gold medal: 1951
Mysore
- Santosh Trophy: 1946–47, 1952–53
Manager
Salgaocar
- Federation Cup: 1988–89, 1989–90
Mysore
- Santosh Trophy: 1967–68, 1968–69
Goa
- Santosh Trophy: 1982–83, 1983–84
References
- ^ Prashanth, GN (13 June 2010). "Enduring passion". Times of India. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ "T. Shanmugham". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Sukumar, Dev S (27 June 2010). "A great footballer remembers the barefoot generation". Daily News and Analysis (India).
External links
- This article has no link in Wikidata
- 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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