Legendary Indian footballer Chuni Goswami Passes away

Legendary former India football team captain Chuni Goswami died at a private city hospital here on Thursday after suffering from prolonged illness. He was 82. He is survived by his wife Basanti and son Sudipto. “He suffered a cardiac arrest and breathed his last in the hospital at around 5 p.m.,” a family source said.

Goswami was captain of the 1962 Asian Games gold-medal winning team and had also represented Bengal in the first-class cricket tournaments.As a cricketer, he represented Bengal in 46 first-class games between 1962 and 1973. Under his leadership, India bagged gold in the 1962 Asian Games, finished runner-up in the Asian Cup in 1964 and narrowly lost to Burma in Mardeka football six months later.

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