Subimal ‘Chuni’ Goswami, widely considered to be one of the greatest Indian footballers of all time, passed away on Thursday at a Kolkata hospital at the age of 82 due to cardiac arrest.
He was the captain of the Indian national team which scripted history by winning the gold medal at the Jakarta Asian Games 1962.
Paying his homage to the legendary footballer, former Indian captain and a legend himself, Bhaichung Bhutia told Goal, “It is a big loss for Indian football. It has been just one month that P.K Banerjee had passed away and now Chuni Goswami.