_for_Youth_Affairs_%26_Sports,_Dr._M.S._Gill_felicitated_the_Indian_Football_Heroes,_who_reached_the_semi_-_finals_of_Melbourne_Olympics,_1956,_in_New_Delhi_on_February_23,_2009_(1).jpg) Nandy being felicitated by Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports, Dr. M.S. Gill, in New Delhi on February 23, 2009. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikhil Kumar Nandy | ||
| Date of birth | 1932 | ||
| Place of birth | Kolkata, India | ||
| Date of death | (aged 88) | ||
| Place of death | Nagerbazar, India[1] | ||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Eastern Railway | |||
| Bengal | |||
| International career | |||
| India | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1974[2] | India (assistant coach) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Nikhil Nandy (1932 – 29 December 2020)[3] was an Indian footballer.[1] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[4] As an octogenarian, he was still engaged in coaching youngsters in Kolkata, India.[5][6] He was part of Eastern Railway's historic Calcutta Football League win in 1958.[7][8][9]
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- ^ পি কে, চুনীর পর এ বার চলে গেলেন নিখিল নন্দীও Archived 16 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine Anandabazar Patrika. (in Bengali).
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- ^ "আশি পেরিয়েও কোচিংয়ে প্রবীণতম অলিম্পিয়ান কোচ". eisamay.indiatimes.com (in Bengali). Kolkata: Ei Samay Sangbadpatra. 25 November 2016. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022.
- ^ "'I could have been used better' - Former star half-back Nikhil Nandy responding to treatment". www.telegraphindia.com.
- ^ Chakraborty, Debojyoti (29 August 2017). "WHEN EASTERN RAILWAY RAN ON FULL STEAM (1958)". www.goaldentimes.org. Goalden Times. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Eastern Railway Sports Club | Origin : Kolkata – WEST BENGAL". Kolkata Football. Archived from the original on 14 February 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
- ^ Karmakar, Rajat (21 December 2013). "ইস্টার্ন রেলওয়ে ফুটবল ক্লাব — ১৪১ বছরের পুরনো একটি ক্লাবের ইতিহাস ও ঐতিহ্য" [Eastern Railway Football Club — History and heritage of a 141-year-old club]. archives.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Kolkata: Anandabazar Patrika. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2023.