Anthony Patrick (1927 – 22 April 2010) was an Indian
footballer
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who played for the
India national team and represented
Hyderabad City Police FC
Hyderabad City Police Football Club (popularly known by the nickname City Afghans) was an Indian institutional football club, being the most famous and powerful team in Hyderabad, affiliated to the Hyderabad Football Association (HFA). The club w ...
in domestic tournaments.
Playing career
He was selected to play for the national team at the
1954 Asian Games
The 1954 Asian Games (), officially known as the Second Asian Games – Manila 1954, were a multi-sport event held in Manila, Philippines, from May 1 to 9, 1954. A total of 970 athletes from 19 Asian National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in ...
at Manila and also at the 1953 and 1954 editions of the
Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament. In
1954 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament, he scored a goal against
Burma national football team at
Eden Gardens
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. He also won five
Rovers Cup
The Rovers Cup was an annual football tournament held in India, organized by the Western India Football Association. Incorporated in 1890, it was the third oldest tournament in India after Trades Cup.
History
Rovers Cup was incorporated by s ...
titles while playing for the Rahim managed Hyderabad City Police consecutively from 1950 to 1954.
He also represented Hyderabad in
Santosh Trophy
The National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy, or simply Santosh Trophy, is an inter-state national football competition contested by the state associations and government institutions under the All India Football Federation (AIFF), th ...
.
Honours
Hyderabad City Police
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Durand Cup
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: 1950–51, 1954, 1957–58, 1961; runner-up: 1952, 1956–57
*
Rovers Cup
The Rovers Cup was an annual football tournament held in India, organized by the Western India Football Association. Incorporated in 1890, it was the third oldest tournament in India after Trades Cup.
History
Rovers Cup was incorporated by s ...
: 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957
*
DCM Trophy
The Delhi Cloth Mills Trophy, known simply as D.C.M. Trophy, was an invitational football tournament in India. It was held annually in New Delhi and was organised by the Delhi Cloth Mills tournament committee. It was India's first football tourn ...
: 1959
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Sait Nagjee Trophy: 1958
India
*
Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament:
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...
,
1954
Events
January
* January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting.
* January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...
Hyderabad
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Santosh Trophy
The National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy, or simply Santosh Trophy, is an inter-state national football competition contested by the state associations and government institutions under the All India Football Federation (AIFF), th ...
: 1956–57, 1957–58
References
1927 births
2010 deaths
Indian men's footballers
India men's international footballers
Footballers from Hyderabad, India
Men's association football forwards
Footballers at the 1954 Asian Games
Asian Games footballers for India
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