T. Shanmugham

Thulukhanam Shanmugham (19 June 1920 – 13 December 2012) was an Indian footballer who represented his country in the 1952 Olympic Games.^[1][2]

T. Shanmugham

Personal information
Full name	Thulukhanam Shanmugham
Date of birth	(1920-06-19)19 June 1920
Place of birth	Austin Town, Bangalore, India
Date of death	13 December 2012(2012-12-13) (aged 92)
Place of death	Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Position(s)	left-half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Maharaja Socials
	Bangalore Student FC
	Sullivan Police SC
1944–1954	Mysore
International career
	India
Managerial career
1964–1978	Karnataka
1979–1996	Salgaocar FC
Medal record Men's football Representing  India Asian Games 1951 New Delhi Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Austin Town, Bangalore,^[3] Shanmugham played for Mysore State for most of his career, spurning offers to play for teams from Kolkata.^[3] He was a gold medalist at the first Asian Games in 1951.^[3]

Coaching career

Shanmugham was part of the first batch of coaches that came out of the National Institute of Sports, Patiala, in 1961. He was also one of the earliest to attend the 93-day FIFA coaching under Dettmar Cramer in Tokyo in 1969. ^[4] He was the coach of four Santosh Trophy winning sides and won two Federation Cup victories as manager of Salgaocar.^[3] He was also a national selector.^[4]

Career outside football

Shanmugham was a police officer by profession and served the Mysore city police for 35 years, working as a security officer to two state governors.^[3]

Honours

Player

India

• Asian Games Gold medal: 1951

Mysore

• Santosh Trophy: 1946–47, 1952–53

Manager

Salgaocar

• Federation Cup: 1988–89, 1989–90

Mysore

• Santosh Trophy: 1967–68, 1968–69

Goa

• Santosh Trophy: 1982–83, 1983–84