Amar Bahadur Gurung

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Amar Bahadur Gurung
Personal information
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
National team
India
Honours
Men's football
Representing  India
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Bangkok Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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]

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India

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Former football international Amar Bahadur dead". The Times of India. 10 March 2016.
  2. ^ Basu, Jaydeep (3 February 2020). "Indian football's finest: 50 years on, remembering the stars of 1970 Asian Games bronze-winning team". Scroll.in.
  3. ^ "The Indian Senior Team at the 1970 Bangkok Asian Games". Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  4. ^ Marar, Nandakumar (12 March 2016). "Amar Bahadur was a 'Saab' on the left wing". The Hindu.
  5. ^ Gusain, Raju (12 March 2016). "Farewell, Amar Bahadur: the man who brought India the 1970 Asiad football bronze". Catchnews.
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