| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 July 1936 | ||
| Place of birth | Secunderabad, British India | ||
| Date of death | 19 May 2006 (aged 69) | ||
| Place of death | Hyderabad, India | ||
| Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Hyderabad | |||
| East Bengal | |||
| International career | |||
| India | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Dharmalingam Kannan (8 July 1936 – 19 May 2006) was an Indian footballer.[1] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[2][3]
Kannan played for Hyderabad from 1956 to 1958 and Bengal from 1959. He represented India in the 1958 Asian Games. He was employed with the Vehicle Depot, Secunderabad but moved to East Bengal.[4]
Honours
East Bengal[5]
- Calcutta Football League: 1961
- Durand Cup: 1960
- IFA Shield: 1961
- DCM Trophy: 1960
India
- Merdeka Tournament runner-up: 1959[6]
Bengal
- Santosh Trophy: 1958–59[7]
References
- ↑ "Dharmalingam Kannan". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dharmalingam Kannan Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ↑ Sengupta, Somnath (4 April 2011). "Legends Of Indian Football: Jarnail Singh". thehardtackle.com. Mumbai: The Hard Tackle. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ↑ Profiles of the Indian football team in the 1960 Olympics, 22 July 1960, Indian Express Archived 24 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Roy, Gautam; Ball, Swapan (2007). "East Bengal Football Club – Famous Players". www.eastbengalfootballclub.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
- ↑ Chaudhuri, Arunava (1999). "The Indian Senior Team at the 1959 Merdeka Cup". www.indianfootball.de. IndianFootball. Archived from the original on 8 June 2018. (information given by Jaydeep Basu, Sunil Warrier, and Gautam Roy).
- ↑ Fujioka, Atsushi; Chaudhuri, Arunava (1996). "India – List of Santosh Trophy Finals: 1959 (second)". RSSSF. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 12 September 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
Bibliography
- Kapadia, Novy (2017). Barefoot to Boots: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-143-42641-7.
- Martinez, Dolores; Mukharjiim, Projit B (2009). Football: From England to the World: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-88353-6. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022.
- Nath, Nirmal (2011). History of Indian Football: Upto 2009–10. Readers Service. ISBN 9788187891963. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022.
- Dineo, Paul; Mills, James (2001). Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora. London, United Kingdom: Frank Cass Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7146-8170-2. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022.
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