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| Date of birth | 12 November 1934 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ottapalam, Kerala, British Raj[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 5 August 2021 (aged 86) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Thane, Maharashtra, India | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1950–52 | Matunga Students | ||||||||||||||||
| 1952[2] | Indian Gymkhana F.C. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1953–55 | Matunga AC | ||||||||||||||||
| 1955–58[2] | Caltex Bombay | ||||||||||||||||
| 1958–70[2] | Tata SC | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1956–1964 | India | 9[3] | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Shankar Subramaniam Narayan[2] (12 November 1934 – 5 August 2021),[4] also known as S. S. "Babu" Narayan, was a footballer who represented India as a goalkeeper at the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games.[5][6]
Playing career
[edit]In club football, Narayan played for Tata SC and retired from the game in 1970, being replaced as goalkeeper at the club by Bandya Kakade.[7] In 2013, he was felicitated by the Mumbai District Football Association for his contributions to Indian football.[8] He was also a popular performer at the basketball court.[9]
Honours
[edit]India
- AFC Asian Cup runners-up: 1964[10]
- Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament: 1955
- Merdeka Tournament runner-up: 1959[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Olympian SS Babu Narayan passes away". Mathrubhumi. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d "S.S. Narayan". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ FIFA President condoles SS Narayan’s death Archived 10 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine AIFF
- ^ "Olympian footballer S.S. 'Babu' Nayaran passes away". Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Bandya Kakade dead". The Hindu. 18 October 2012. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ "S. S. Narayan". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ "Former India goalkeeper Bandya Kakade passes away". The Times of India. 17 October 2012. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ Rizvi, Taus (15 July 2013). "After a long wait, SS Narayan finally gets his due". DNA India. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Former India football goalkeeper SS Narayan no more | Football News - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava. "The Indian Senior Team at the 1964 Tel Aviv Asia Cup". Indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava (2000). "The Indian Senior Team at the 1959 Merdeka Cup". www.indianfootball.de. IndianFootball. Archived from the original on 8 June 2018. (information given by Jaydeep Basu, Sunil Warrier, and Gautam Roy).
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