Samar Banerjee, India football captain in 1956 Olympics, dead
Hindustan TimesSamar Banerjee, the former India football captain, who led the team to a fourth-place finish in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics—the country’s best performance in the quadrennial showpiece—died at a city hospital early on Saturday. A forward, Banerjee was named captain for the 1956 Games but played only in the 4-2 win against Australia where Neville d’Souza scored a hat-trick and J Krishnaswamy scored the other goal. He won the Calcutta League five times, the IFA Shield thrice, three Durand Cups, including the first time the club won the coveted trophy in 1953 with Banerjee scoring in the semi-final and final, and the Rovers Cup once. Banerjee was part of the Mohun Bagan team that won the local double, the league and the IFA Shield, for the first time in 1954.
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