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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian footballer (1934–2020)}}<br />
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|name = D. Ethiraj<br />
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|fullname = Dharmalingam Ethiraj<br />
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|7|1|df=yes}}<br />
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|death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|12|11|1934|7|1|df=yes}}<br />
|death_place = [[Bangalore]], India<br />
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|clubs1 = EME Secunderabad<br />
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|years2 = 1957–1963<br />
|clubs2 = MEG Bangalore<br />
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|years3 = 1958–1962<br />
|clubs3 = [[Services football team|Services]]<br />
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|years4 = 1962–1966<br />
|clubs4 = [[Karnataka football team|Mysore]]<br />
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|nationalteam1 = [[India national football team|India]]<br />
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{{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}<br />
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[Football at the 1962 Asian Games|1962 Jakarta]]|[[Football at the 1962 Asian Games – Men's team squads|Team]]}}<br />
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'''Dharmalingam Ethiraj''' (1 July 1934 – 11 December 2020) was an Indian [[Association football|footballer]] who represented [[India national football team|India national team]] at the [[1962 Asian Games]] and [[Football at the 1962 Asian Games|won a gold]]. He was the oldest player in the young yet talented Indian Team. <ref name="asg">{{Cite news |title=1962 Asian Games gold medallist D. Ethiraj dies at 87 |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/d-ethiraj-football-obit-asian-games-1962-chuni-goswami-santosh-trophy-sports-news/article33309481.ece |website=Sportstar |date=11 December 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=1962 Asian Games gold medalist D Ethiraj passes away |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/indian-football/1962-asian-games-gold-medalist-d-ethiraj-passes-away |website=Sportskeeda |first=K |last=Vyshakh |date=11 December 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Jakarta Asiad gold medallist Ethiraj no more |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/jakarta-asiad-gold-medallist-ethiraj-no-more/articleshow/79684618.cms |website=The Times of India |first=Biju Babu |last=Cyriac |date=12 December 2020 }}</ref><ref name=SP>Sport & Pastime, p. 15, 3 August 1963.</ref> Ethiraj joined the [[Indian Army]] in 1948 and served in the [[Madras Engineer Group|Madras Sappers]]. He played for [[Karnataka football team|Mysore]] and [[Services football team|Services]] in the [[Santosh Trophy]]. He was the top scorer in the 1961 Santosh Trophy. <ref name=SP/><br />
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He died in December 2020 at the age of 86.<ref>[https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102043/india-ethiraj-passes-away India's Asian Games football champion Ethiraj passes away]</ref><br />
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==Honours==<br />
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'''India'''<br />
*[[Football at the Asian Games|Asian Games]] Gold medal: [[Football at the 1962 Asian Games|1962]]<br />
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'''Services'''<br />
*[[Santosh Trophy]]: [[1960–61 Santosh Trophy|1960–61]]<br />
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'''MEG Bangalore'''<br />
*[[DCM Trophy]] runner-up: 1959<ref name="asg"/><br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://thehinduimages.com/details-page.php?id=161762249&highlights=santosh%20trophy Ethiraj, as Mysore captain], receives the trophy for the third place in the 1966 Santosh Trophy, ''hinduimages.com''<br />
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[[Category:1934 births]]<br />
[[Category:2020 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Footballers at the 1962 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Indian men's footballers]]<br />
[[Category:Footballers from Bengaluru]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games footballers for India]]<br />
[[Category:Men's association football players not categorized by position]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists in football]]<br />
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