On Sailen Manna in response to obit in The Economist

SailenManna(http://www.economist.com/node/21550233)

Sailendra Nath Manna, a saint among footballers, died on February 27th, aged 87

Sailen Manna was a legend in his life time. I never saw him in his prime time. We heard about his free kicks and being a great and humble person. We learnt about his playing in Olympics with a barefoot team and the great match against France in Bengali children magazine of the day: "MOUCHAK". I also read later about India losing to 10-1 to Yugoslavs. But by the time we grew up he was past his prime. India team prepared for Tokyo Olympics in my home town Cuttack, Orissa but by that time he was out of the team. The then heroes were Chuni Goswami, P. K. Banerjee, Latif, Aziz, Salam, Thangaraj, Rahamatullah et el. Balaram was still in the making. But Manna was past his prime - 3 back system was up and coming, which Manna did not play. But every player respected Sailen Manna when he came to the field. I thank TE(The Economist) for a great job in introducing one of the greatest Indians to it's international audience. Thank you, TE.
I think the down hill path Indian Soccer strode from 1952 Olympics has not ended, yet. The corrupt Indian Football(Soccer) bureaucracy has yet to find a way - so the 1200 million Indian nation will have a team of World class & qualify for World Cup - 60 years after it's Independence. Sailen Manna must have cherished that day - which never came in his life time.

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