Indian Football Bids Farewell to a Titan: 1962 Asian Games Gold Medallist DMK AFZAL Passes Away. (Photo via aiff)
On the domestic front, after the santosh trophy with Andhra Pradesh in 1965. With his club, Andhra police, he won the Durand Cup (1961), Rovers Cup (1962, Joint Winners), and the DCM Trophy (1965).
He Later Moved to Kolkata with East Bengal, and Won the Calcutta Football League (1966), IFA SHIELD (1966), Rovers Cup (1967), Durand Cup (1967), Sait Nagjee Trophy (1968) (1968), and the bordoloi trophy (1968).
Afzal was a product of the golden era of Indian football that was nutured under legendary football coach sa rahim. The mid-field maestro played in the team that boasted of India Finest Football Players, Including Pk Bnerjee, Chuni Goswami, Tulasidas Balaram, and Goalkeeper Peter Thangaraj.
DURING An Interview, Afzal Had Recalled How Rahim Had Inspired The Indian Team to Win the Asian Games Gold.
“His advice to the players was to avoid the offside trip in front of an anti-India crowd for the final.
“The best part was that despite the serial doubts of the Indian team’s participation for the asian games, rahim saab saw to that the players were full focused in the camp at goshamahl stadium in the citation,” AFZAL SAID
None of us moved out of the camp till we left for the asian games. Such was his passion to see that the players developed the kind of bonding even when improvement their skills, “The great footballer was quoted as saying by tt.
