When we talk about Golden Age of Indian Football in which India accomplished many achievements like 1960 Rome Olympics Getting a 1-1 Draw against France or India’s Gold Medal-winning team in the 1962 Asian Games There is one thing that is common a young man from West Bengal who made India proud not only by playing but also because of his coaching I am talking about the Indian Captain Coach Legend Pradip Kumar Banerjee

He was Born on 23 June 1936 in Moynaguri, a small town in the North of Bengal .

He was just 16 Year old when he made his Football debut where Represented Bihar in Santosh Trophy in 1952 and 1953 , In 1954, he went on to join Aryan FC . His Feat on the field went on to impress the national selectors and He got his maiden call up for india in a Quadrangular Tournament in 1955 in Dhaka when he was just 19 year old. He Played his first International on December 18, 1955 against Srilanka scored two goals on his debut as India rallied to win the match 4-3. He ended the tournament scoring five goals, the maximum for any Indian player on his International Debut.

From there on He never Looked back He represented India in 36 official matches, wearing the captain’s armband in six of them. In the process, he scored 19 official goals for the country. After Aryan FC a year later He Joined Eastern Railway as he was an employee of the Railways. It was under his leadership from the front that Eastern Railway became the Calcutta Football League (CFL) champion in 1958. At the club level, he scored 190 goals for Eastern Railways and one goal for Mohun Bagan (on loan in the Rovers Cup).

PK Banerjee as he got Selected in Bengal Satosah Trophy team and best thing that came after that he was named in the Indian team for the Melbourne Olympics when he was just 20 year old and played a pivotal role in the 4-2 victory against Australia in the quarter-finals where India eventually finish fourth. He captained the National Team in the 1960 Rome O.