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Kenchappa Varadaraj

Kenchappa Varadaraj in the India National Football Team at 1948 London Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Kenchappa Varadaiah Varadaraj
Date of birth	(1924-05-07)7 May 1924
Place of birth	Mysore
Date of death	20 December 2011(2011-12-20) (aged 87)
Place of death	Basaveshwaranagar, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Mysore
International career
	India
Medal record Men's football Representing  India Asian Games 1951 New Delhi Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

K. V. Varadaraj (7 May 1924 – 20 December 2011) was an Indian footballer. He competed for India at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Honours

India

• Asian Games Gold medal: 1951
• Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament: 1953

See also

• Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Legendary 'Six-footer' Olympian Varadaraj no more". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 January 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
2. "Olympian footballer Varadaraj passes away". allafrica.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
3. "Kenchappa Varadaraj". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
4. "KV Varadaraj Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
5. "Indian Soccer Team To Rangoon". The Indian Express. 21 October 1953. p. 6. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

External links

• Kenchappa Varadaraj at Olympedia

v t e India squad – 1948 Summer Olympics
GK Uchil GK Varadaraj DF Manna DF Mohammed DF Varghese MF Talimeren Ao (c) MF Basheer MF Kaiser MF A. Nandy MF Prasad MF Vajravelu FW Das FW Dhanraj FW Khan FW Mewalal FW S. Nandy FW Parab FW Raman Coach: Chatterjee

v t e India squad – 1952 Summer Olympics
1 B. Anthony 2 Azizuddin 3 Manna (c) 4 Latif 5 Rawat 6 Noor 7 Venkatesh 8 Sattar 9 Mewalal 10 Khan 11 Saleh 12 Varadaraj 13 Bose 14 Sarbadhikari 15 Shanmugham 16 Moinuddin 17 Thakurta 18 J. Anthony Coach: Rahim

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