Thulukhanam Shanmugham (19 June 1920 – 13 December 2012) was an

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footballer who represented his country in the

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Playing career

Born in

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, Shanmugham played for Mysore State for most of his career, spurning offers to play for teams from

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. He was a gold medalist at the first

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in 1951.

Coaching career

Shanmugham was part of the first batch of coaches that came out of the

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, in 1961. He was also one of the earliest to attend the 93-day FIFA coaching under

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in 1969. Rayan, Joseph, ''Shanmugham : It couldn't be worse'', Sportstar, 21 April 1984, p.13 He was the coach of four

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winning sides and won two Federation Cup victories as manager of

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. He was also a national selector.

Career outside football

Shanmugham was a police officer by profession and served the Mysore city police for 35 years, working as a security officer to two state governors.

Honours

Player

India *

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 ...

Mysore *

: 1946–47, 1952–53

Manager

Salgaocar * Federation Cup: 1988–89, 1989–90 Mysore *

: 1967–68, 1968–69 Goa *

: 1982–83, 1983–84

References

External links

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sports-reference
Thulukhanam Shunmugham.
''At both sites says that a player was born in 1924''
T. Shanmugham's obituary
* 1920 births 2012 deaths Indian men's footballers India men's international footballers Olympic footballers for India Footballers from Bengaluru Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics 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 Indian football coaches Indian football managers Asian Games gold medalists in football {{India-footy-forward-stub