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{{Short description|Indian athlete}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Amar Bahadur Gurung
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|birth_date = 18 April 1942
|birth_place = [[Dehra Dun]], [[British India]]
|death_date = 10 March 2016<ref name="ambr" /> (aged 73)
|death_place = [[Gurgaon]], [[India]]
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|position = Forward
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|years1 = 1960–1967
|clubs1 = Gorkha Brigade
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|years2 = 1967–1980
|clubs2 = Mafatlal SC
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|nationalteam1 = [[India national football team|India]]
|nationalcaps1 = 22
|nationalgoals1 = 2
|medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[Football at the 1970 Asian Games|1970 Bangkok]]|[[Football at the 1970 Asian Games – Men's team squads|Team]]}}
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'''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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://scroll.in/field/951976/indian-footballs-finest-50-years-on-remembering-the-stars-of-1970-asian-games-bronze-winning-team |title=Indian football’s finest: 50 years on, remembering the stars of 1970 Asian Games bronze-winning team |website=Scroll.in |last1=Basu |first1=Jaydeep |date=3 February 2020 |access-date=22 November 2021 |archive-date=24 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324024824/https://scroll.in/field/951976/indian-footballs-finest-50-years-on-remembering-the-stars-of-1970-asian-games-bronze-winning-team |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ambr" >{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/former-football-international-amar-bahadur-dead/articleshow/51349664.cms |title=Former football international Amar Bahadur dead |website=The Times of India |date=10 March 2016 |access-date=22 November 2021 |archive-date=22 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122193740/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/former-football-international-amar-bahadur-dead/articleshow/51349664.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1970asiangames.html|title=The Indian Senior Team at the 1970 Bangkok Asian Games|access-date=23 November 2021|archive-date=2 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002162324/http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1970asiangames.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He scored the winning goal against Japan which secured the medal.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/sport/Amar-Bahadur-was-a-%E2%80%98Saab%E2%80%99-on-the-left-wing/article15618059.ece |title=Amar Bahadur was a ‘Saab’ on the left wing |website=The Hindu |last1=Marar |first1=Nandakumar |date=12 March 2016 |access-date=22 November 2021 |archive-date=22 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122193733/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/sport/Amar-Bahadur-was-a-%E2%80%98Saab%E2%80%99-on-the-left-wing/article15618059.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.catchnews.com/sports-news/farewell-amar-bahadur-the-man-who-brought-india-the-1970-asiad-football-bronze-1457795103.html |title=Farewell, Amar Bahadur: the man who brought India the 1970 Asiad football bronze |website=Catchnews |last1=Gusain |first1=Raju |date=12 March 2016 |access-date=22 November 2021 |archive-date=22 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122193734/https://www.catchnews.com/sports-news/farewell-amar-bahadur-the-man-who-brought-india-the-1970-asiad-football-bronze-1457795103.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Honours==

'''India'''
*[[Asian Games]] Bronze Medal: [[Football at the 1970 Asian Games|1970]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Ghoshal|first=Amoy|title=Indian football team at the Asian Games: 1970 Bangkok|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/indian-football-team-at-the-asian-games-1970-bangkok|work=Sportskeeda.com|accessdate=10 July 2018|archive-date=10 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710195150/https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/indian-football-team-at-the-asian-games-1970-bangkok}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/indian-football-down-the-years-looking-back-at-the-glorious-moments#|title=Indian Football Down the Years: Looking back at the glorious moments|first=AIFF|last=Media Team|website=www.the-aiff.com|publisher=[[All India Football Federation]]|language=en|trans-title=|location=New Delhi|agency=|date=15 August 2022|access-date=20 October 2022|archive-date=21 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921011335/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/indian-football-down-the-years-looking-back-at-the-glorious-moments}}</ref>
*[[Merdeka Tournament]] third place: 1970<ref>{{cite web |title=The Indian Senior Team at the 1970 Merdeka Cup |url=http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1970merdekacup.html |website=indiafootball.de |publisher=IndiaFootball |access-date=30 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819214747/http://indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1970merdekacup.html |archive-date=19 August 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Pesta Sukan Cup: 1971<ref>{{cite web|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1971pestasukancup.html|title=The Indian Senior Team at the 1971 Singapore Pesta Sukan Cup|website=indianfootball.de|year=2000|access-date=1 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819214722/http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1971pestasukancup.html|archive-date=19 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

'''Gorkha Brigade'''
*[[Durand Cup]]: 1966, 1969<ref>{{cite web|title=Amar Bahadur passes away|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/sport/footballer-amar-bahadur-gurung-passes-away/article8338384.ece#!|work=The Hindu|date=11 March 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2016 deaths]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Dehradun]]
[[Category:Footballers from Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Indian Gorkhas]]
[[Category:Indian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1970 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Gurung people]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Mumbai Football League players]]
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in football]]

Amar Bahadur Gurung - Revision history

MohammadMullen at 11:15, 24 June 2025