Legendary footballer Chuni Goswami passes away at 82
Updated On: 30 April, 2020 06:49 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
Goswami played 50 matches for India as a footballer from 1956 to 1964

India footballer Chuni Goswami. Picture/Twitter NorthEast United Football Club
Legendary former India footballer Chuni Goswami, who captained the 1962 Asian Games gold-winning team, died on Thursday after suffering a cardiac arrest.
Former Indian footballer Chuni Goswami passes away due to cardiac arrest in Kolkata, West Bengal.
— ANI (@ANI) April 30, 2020
The iconic sportsperson, who also played first-class cricket for Bengal, was 82 and breathed his last at a hospital here. He is survived by his wife Basanti and son Sudipto. "He suffered a cardiac arrest and died in the hospital at around 5pm," a family source told PTI.
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