Profile details
- Born
- 24 Dec 1935
- Birthplace
- Hyderabad
- State listed
- Telangana
- Country
- India
- Height
- 190 cm
- Position
- goalkeeper
- Sport
- Football
- Discipline
- Team
- Category
- Men
- Status
- Active
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Honours & Awards
- ▸Arjuna Award
Competition Appearances
5 recorded appearances, most significant first.
- ·1960 Summer Olympics
- ·1956 Summer Olympics
- ·1966 Asian Games
- ·1962 Asian Games
- ·1958 Asian Games
Career Timeline
- 1956Competed at 1956 Summer Olympics
- 1958Competed at 1958 Asian Games
- 1960Competed at 1960 Summer Olympics
- 1962Competed at 1962 Asian Games
- 1966Competed at 1966 Asian Games
Statistics
About
Havildar Peter Thangaraj (24 December 1935 – 24 November 2008) was an Indian football player and a non-commissioned officer in the Indian Army. Thangaraj played for the Indian national side at the 1956 Melbourne and 1960 Rome Olympics. He was voted Asia's best goalkeeper in 1958.
Biography adapted from Peter Thangaraj on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Snapshot taken — where the text describes a role or a club in the present tense, read it as of that date.
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