Ram Bahadur Chettri (15 February 1937 – 4 December 2000) was an Indian
footballer
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. He competed in the
men's tournament at the
1960 Summer Olympics
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.
He appeared with
Calcutta Football League
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club East Bengal and captained the team in 1960–61.
Honours
East Bengal
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IFA Shield
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:
1958
India
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Asian Games
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Gold medal:
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wo ...
*
AFC Asian Cup
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runners-up:
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...
Individual
* East Bengal Best Midfielder of the Millennium
References
External links
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Legends of Indian Football: Ram Bahadur Chhetriat The Hard Tackle
1937 births
2000 deaths
Footballers from Uttarakhand
Sportspeople from Dehradun
Indian Gorkhas
Indian footballers
India international footballers
1964 AFC Asian Cup players
Olympic footballers of India
Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
East Bengal Club players
Association football midfielders
Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games
Footballers at the 1962 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for India
Asian Games medalists in football
Calcutta Football League players
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