With the death of P.K. Banerjee, Indian football lost one of its greatest supporters, cheerleaders and innovators. The 1962 Asian Games gold-medallist also represented the country in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics where India made the semifinals and later captained the country at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where he scored the equaliser against France in a 1-1 draw.
The sporting world and Bollywood expressed their grief over the passing away of the legend.
