PK Banerjee, footballer extraordinaire, finally hangs up his boots
Together with Chuni Goswami and Tulsidas Balram, Banerjee sparkled in the frontline in an era of Indian football when it did much better than it would even hope to today.
Together with Chuni Goswami and Tulsidas Balram, Banerjee sparkled in the frontline in an era of Indian football when it did much better than it would even hope to today.
Banerjee was admitted to the hospital on February 6 due to severe chest infection and his condition deteriorated since then.
Former India captain PK Banerjee, who had won the gold medal in 1962 Asian Games, breathed his last at 83 in Kolkata on Friday after losing an elongated battle against chest infection.
The Asian Games gold medallist was suffering from sepsis and multi-organ failure due to pneumonia on a background of Parkinson's disease, dementia and heart ailments.
Banerjee had led the national team in the 1960 Rome Olympics. Apart from this, he had represented India in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
Notably, Banerjee breathed his last on Friday afternoon at a private hospital in Kolkata after battling a prolonged illness. He was aged 83.
He was admitted to the hospital on February 6 due to severe chest infection and his condition deteriorated since then.
Banerjee has been battling a chest infection for a month now and is being treated by a panel of specialists.
Banerjee is battling a chest infection for a month now and is being treated by a panel of specialists.
PK Banerjee represented India in two Olympics - Melbourne (1956) and Rome (1960). He was a key member of the gold-winning Indian team in 1962 Asian Games.
