Dharmalingam Kannan

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]

Dharmalingam Kannan
Personal information
Date of birth (1936-07-08)8 July 1936
Place of birth Secunderabad, British India
Date of death 19 May 2006(2006-05-19) (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

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]

India

Bengal

References

  1. "Dharmalingam Kannan". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Profiles of the Indian football team in the 1960 Olympics, 22 July 1960, Indian Express Archived 24 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine
  5. 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.
  6. 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).
  7. 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.

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