They found four letters in his pocket – one to his wife, one to AIFF president, two to his office colleagues. Four letters. Four suicide notes. Indian Football has had its fair share of footballers who didn’t get proper accolades in their lives yet none of them ended their lives as tragically as VP Sathyan. Indian football fans who watched the “Iron Wall” in his prime could have never imagined such a sad demise of the hard tackling defender cum midfielder.
They found four letters in his pocket – one to his wife, one to AIFF president, two to his office colleagues. Four letters. Four suicide notes. Indian Football has had its fair share of footballers who didn’t get proper accolades in their lives yet none of them ended their lives as tragically as VP Sathyan. Indian football fans who watched the “Iron Wall” in his prime could have never imagined such a sad demise of the hard tackling defender cum midfielder.
They found four letters in his pocket – one to his wife, one to AIFF president, two to his office colleagues. Four letters. Four suicide notes. Indian Football has had its fair share of footballers who didn’t get proper accolades in their lives yet none of them ended their lives as tragically as VP Sathyan. Indian football fans who watched the “Iron Wall” in his prime could have never imagined such a sad demise of the hard tackling defender cum midfielder.
He is the only footballer till date to receive Dhyan Chand trophy
India's fastest Hat-trick scorer
Scored about 35 goals for India
Led u19 to Asian youth championship win (jointly with Iran)
As a coach, won NFL with Salgaocar
Back to back Santosh Trophies with Bengal
Many more trophies with Mahindra, Salgaocar, Md. SC
Has been TD of Indian team too
An article in Forbes India titled "Passion Play in Kolkata" - It takes a chronological trip (very short of course)... good for people who want to take a quick look of the things...
P.S (very imp.) - I have NOT shared this article to prove Kolkata as mecca or Kolkata more superior to other states in football.
another P.S - love the yagna pic shown in the article done by passionate fans to pray for Maradona
An article in Forbes India titled "Passion Play in Kolkata" - It takes a chronological trip (very short of course)... good for people who want to take a quick look of the things...
P.S (very imp.) - I have NOT shared this article to prove Kolkata as mecca or Kolkata more superior to other states in football.
another P.S - love the yagna pic shown in the article done by passionate fans to pray for Maradona
<h1 class="singlePageTitle" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 30px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(205, 23, 19); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, sans-serif !important; font-weight: normal !important; line-height: 1em; letter-spacing: -2px; ">Legends of Indian Football : Peter Thangaraj</h1><div><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; text-align: justify; ">Rahim saab was adamant. India was all set to face South Korea in Jakarta Asian Games. Indian contingent had been subjected to jeers and barracking from home fans throughout ’62 Asian Games. There was tension in the air and Syed Abdul Rahim wanted to make a crucial change in his team.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; text-align: justify; ">The change looked highly risky. With India’s first choice goalkeeper out with illness, Pradyut Burman, from Eastern Railways FC, had been in exceptional form throughout the tournament. Rahim saab wanted to replace Burman in the final and bring back India’s first choice ‘keeper, despite of concerns about his fitness. He insisted that the 6 feet 4 inches custodian’s physical dominance would make a difference against Koreans. Like most of the times, Rahim’s stubbornness won in the end. And like many other occasions <a href="http://www.thehardtackle.com/2010/legends-of-indian-football-rahim-saab/"; target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(205, 23, 19); ">he was eventually proven right</a>. Despite starting the match in shaky form, Indian #1 came to his elements as the match progressed. Jarnail Singh and PK Banerjee scored goals to give India a decisive lead. Korea pulled one back in second half as the Pakistan hockey team (incidentally only spectators in the stadium supporting India!) had their hearts in their mouths for a brief period. But the custodian held firm, as India captured their most important medal in football till date. He had justified Rahim’s faith in him.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; text-align: justify; ">But then again, Rahim’s faith was not misplaced in first place. After all he was Peter Thangaraj, the <a href="http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/peter-thangaraj-dead/390942/"; target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(205, 23, 19); ">gentle giant from Hyderabad</a>, who was a stood tall (pun intended) among the stellar cast during golden age of Indian football.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; text-align: justify; "><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; text-align: justify; ">READ FULL ARTICLE : <a href="http://www.thehardtackle.com/2012/legends-of-indian-football-peter-thangaraj/"; style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; ">http://www.thehardtackle.com/2012/legends-of-indian-football-peter-thangaraj/</a></p></div>;
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VP Sathyan
They found four letters in his pocket – one to his wife, one to AIFF president, two to his office colleagues. Four letters. Four suicide notes. Indian Football has had its fair share of footballers who didn’t get proper accolades in their lives yet none of them ended their lives as tragically as VP Sathyan. Indian football fans who watched the “Iron Wall” in his prime could have never imagined such a sad demise of the hard tackling defender cum midfielder.
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He is the only footballer till date to receive Dhyan Chand trophy
India's fastest Hat-trick scorer
Scored about 35 goals for India
Led u19 to Asian youth championship win (jointly with Iran)
As a coach, won NFL with Salgaocar
Back to back Santosh Trophies with Bengal
Many more trophies with Mahindra, Salgaocar, Md. SC
Has been TD of Indian team too
Check out my full article on him - <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.indianfootballnetwork.com/blog/2011/11/29/shabbir-ali-biography/#axzz1f6JfiGbs"; onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.indianfootballnetwork.com/bl ... z1f6JfiGbs</a><!-- m -->
P.S (very imp.) - I have NOT shared this article to prove Kolkata as mecca or Kolkata more superior to other states in football.
another P.S - love the yagna pic shown in the article done by passionate fans to pray for Maradona
Oops forgot the link... here it is -
http://forbesindia.com/article/recliner/passion-play-in-kolkata/31062/0
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