P. B. A. Saleh
Puthanparambil Babakhan Abdul Razzaq Saleh[1][2] (28 November 1928 - 24 June 1979), nicknamed Kottayam Saleh,[3] was an Indian football player. He was part of the team that played against Yugoslavia in a 10-1 defeat at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[4][5]
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| Full name | P. B. Abdul Saleh | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 28 November 1928 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kottayam, India | |||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 24 June 1979 | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||
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| East Bengal, Calcutta Customs | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||
| India | ||||||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | ||||||||||||||||
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Saleh, who played on the left wing, came from Kerala and played nine seasons for East Bengal.[6]
Saleh worked in the Geological Survey of India and later as a senior superintendent in Customs. He died in 1979 from a heart attack during a train journey.[7]
Honours
See also
References
- Arijit Sen, And Then There Were Three, Sunday, 24 September 1978, p.38
- M.M. Jafferkhan, Kottayam Saleh, Mathrubhumi, 19 June 2018
- "P. B. A. Saleh". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- "Panch pandavas of Indian football". Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- "P.B.A Saleh; Newsclick". Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- Ashwin Muralidharan, Legends from the football made state of Kerala, goal.com
- Sanil P Thomas, Mathrubhumi article, 23 June, 2021
External links
- P.B.A. Saleh at Olympedia
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