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| Date of birth | 18 April 1942 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dehra Dun, British India | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 10 March 2016[1] (aged 73) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Gurgaon, India | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1960–1967 | Gorkha Brigade | ||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1980 | Mafatlal SC | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| India | 22 | (2) | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Amar Bahadur Gurung was a former Indian association football player who was part of the squad that secured the bronze medal at the 1970 Asian Games hosted at Bangkok.[2][1][3] He scored the winning goal against Japan which secured the medal.[4][5]
Honours
[edit]India
- Asian Games Bronze Medal: 1970[6][7]
- Merdeka Tournament third place: 1970[8]
- Pesta Sukan Cup: 1971[9]
Gorkha Brigade
- Durand Cup: 1966, 1969[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Former football international Amar Bahadur dead". The Times of India. 10 March 2016. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ Basu, Jaydeep (3 February 2020). "Indian football's finest: 50 years on, remembering the stars of 1970 Asian Games bronze-winning team". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ "The Indian Senior Team at the 1970 Bangkok Asian Games". Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ Marar, Nandakumar (12 March 2016). "Amar Bahadur was a 'Saab' on the left wing". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ Gusain, Raju (12 March 2016). "Farewell, Amar Bahadur: the man who brought India the 1970 Asiad football bronze". Catchnews. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ Ghoshal, Amoy. "Indian football team at the Asian Games: 1970 Bangkok". Sportskeeda.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ Media Team, AIFF (15 August 2022). "Indian Football Down the Years: Looking back at the glorious moments". www.the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "The Indian Senior Team at the 1970 Merdeka Cup". indiafootball.de. IndiaFootball. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava (2000). "The Indian Senior Team at the 1971 Singapore Pesta Sukan Cup". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "Amar Bahadur passes away". The Hindu. 11 March 2016.