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Amar Bahadur Gurung
Personal information
Date of birth 18 April 1942
Place of birth Dehra Dun, British India
Date of death 10 March 2016[1] (aged 73)
Place of death Gurgaon, India
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1967 Gorkha Brigade
1967–1980 Mafatlal SC
International career
India 22 (2)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  India
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Bangkok Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Amar Bahadur Gurung was a former Indian association football player who was part of the squad that secured the bronze medal at the 1970 Asian Games hosted at Bangkok.[2][1][3] He scored the winning goal against Japan which secured the medal.[4][5]

Honours

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India

Gorkha Brigade

References

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  1. ^ a b "Former football international Amar Bahadur dead". The Times of India. 10 March 2016. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  2. ^ Basu, Jaydeep (3 February 2020). "Indian football's finest: 50 years on, remembering the stars of 1970 Asian Games bronze-winning team". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  3. ^ "The Indian Senior Team at the 1970 Bangkok Asian Games". Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  4. ^ Marar, Nandakumar (12 March 2016). "Amar Bahadur was a 'Saab' on the left wing". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  5. ^ Gusain, Raju (12 March 2016). "Farewell, Amar Bahadur: the man who brought India the 1970 Asiad football bronze". Catchnews. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  6. ^ Ghoshal, Amoy. "Indian football team at the Asian Games: 1970 Bangkok". Sportskeeda.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  7. ^ Media Team, AIFF (15 August 2022). "Indian Football Down the Years: Looking back at the glorious moments". www.the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  8. ^ "The Indian Senior Team at the 1970 Merdeka Cup". indiafootball.de. IndiaFootball. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  9. ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava (2000). "The Indian Senior Team at the 1971 Singapore Pesta Sukan Cup". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Amar Bahadur passes away". The Hindu. 11 March 2016.
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