Santosh Nandy (born 1919) is a former

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player, who played for

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. He was part of the team that won gold medal at the

1951 Asian Games The 1951 Asian Games, officially known as the First Asian Games (), were a multi-sport event celebrated in New Delhi, India from 4 to 11 March 1951. The Games received names like First Asiad, 1951 Asiad, and New Dehli 1951 (). A total of 489 athl ...

. He scored a goal against Afghanistan in a 3–0 win.

Honours

India *

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Gold medal:

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...

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* 1932 births Living people Indian men's footballers India men's international footballers Footballers from Kolkata Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for India Footballers at the 1951 Asian Games Medalists at the 1951 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games footballers for India Men's association football forwards Calcutta Football League players Asian Games gold medalists in football {{India-footy-forward-stub