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Sudhir Kumar Chatterjee or Sudhir Kumar Chattopadhyay (1883–1966), was an Indian footballer of

Mohun Bagan AC Mohun Bagan Athletic Club is an Indian professional multi-sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1889, it is one of the oldest multi-sports clubs in Asia. The club has various sports departments like association football, footb ...

in the historic 1911

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final, where they defeated the

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to become the first Indian team to win the competition.Mohun Bagan official site
He was also known as an famous educationist and a member of Christian clergy.

Life

Born as Sudhir Kumar Chatterjee (or Sudhir Kumar Chattopadhyay) on 12 November 1883 and educated from Bishop's College in Theology. He joined

in 1904, while he was engaged as a teacher in London Missionary Society College, Bhowanipore, Calcutta.

Career

Chatterjee was the only booted member of the immortal eleven but his football career ended in 1914 due to serious injury. In the football team he was highly educated man. He had completed his M A degree. When his football career was over, he went for his higher studies from

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in England in 1923. He got the post of lecturer at

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. But soon after he returned India, he established a Residential educational Institute named Bishnupur Shiksha Sangha at Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas. He was the Principal of the institute for several years. He was also associated with several educational institute, like

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and Women' College at Calcutta. Later in life, he became a priest and was known as

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and represented India in several International Missionary Conferences.

Love for football and country

His love for the game and Mohun Bagan remained undiminished. He witnessed the 1947 IFA Shield final, when Bagan won the tournament after a lapse of 36 years. He was the only surviving member of the 1911 team when the club celebrated its Platinum Jubilee in 1964. During the

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in 1962, he auctioned his 1911 gold medal and gave the proceeds to the national defense fund.

Awards

awarded Chatterjee ''Mohun Bagan Ratna'' in 2010 posthumously.

References

{{Reflist 1883 births 1966 deaths Bengali people Indian Christians Indian men's footballers Footballers from West Bengal Indian educators Educators from West Bengal 20th-century Indian educators 20th-century Indian educational theorists Men's association football players not categorized by position