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Venkatesh Shanmugam: PK Banerjee was the first icon of Indian Football!

Current Indian Football Team assistant coach and Indian Arrows head coach Shanmugam Venkatesh hailed the late Pradip Kumar Banerjee as the “first icon of Indian Football”. Former India captain and ex-head coach P.K. Banerjee, who has represented the country 36 times with 19 goals to his name, passed away in …

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NNIS VIDEO: Sporting World & Bollywood miss the great PK Banerjee!

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 …

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Bhaichung Bhutia: PK-da was the ‘Guardian Angel of Indian Football’!

As the Indian Football fraternity still weeps over the passing away of Padma Shri Pradip Kumar Banerjee, one of his favourite disciples – another Padma Shri – Bhaichung Bhutia recollects memories of playing under PK-da, branding him as the ‘Guardian Angel of Indian Football’. March 20, 2020 will remain one …

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Mizoram FA saddened by death of PK Banerjee!

The Mizoram Football Association is saddened to hear the news of legendary Indian footballer P.K. Banerjee who passed away in a hospital in Kolkata yesterday. Scorer of 65 international goals from 84 appearances for India, the striker was part of Indian football’s golden era, earning a gold medal in the …

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News18 Bangla VIDEO: Legendary footballer PK Banerjee no more…

The legendary footballer P.K. Banerjee, an indomitable lamp of Indian football, was swept away. Padma Shri Pradip Kumar Banerjee passed away at a private hospital at the age of 83. News18 Bangla take a look at what his brother Prasun Banerjee and other prominent people in the city or the …

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AFC president sends ‘heartfelt condolences & sympathies’ on PK Banerjee’s death!

Asian Football Confederation president Shaikh Salman Bin El Khalifa has sent his “heartfelt condolences and sympathies” on the passing away of legendary Indian player and coach Padma Shri Pradip Kumar Banerjee. In a letter to AIFF president Praful Patel, the AFC President wrote, “On behalf the whole Asian football family, …

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