Samar 'Badru' Banerjee

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Samar 'Badru' Banerjee, Former Captain Of Indian Football Olympic Team, Passes Away

Samar 'Badru' Banerjee, a former Indian footballer and Olympian, died at the age of 92. During the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Banerjee captained Team India. He had Alzheimer's disease, high blood pressure, and azotemia, among other problems. A CT scan revealed that there was bleeding in the brain. However, after a few days of struggling, he passed away on August 20 at the SSKM Hospital in Kolkata.

Sat, 20 Aug 2022 - 02:20 PM / by Vidhi Jhunjhunwala

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