Updated On: 30 July, 2009 10:57 AM IST | | IANS
Samar Banerjee, famed footballer of yesteryears who led India to a semi-final finish in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, was on Wednesday presented the Mohun Bagan club's highest award, Mohun Bagan Ratna, at a glittering function.
Samar Banerjee, famed footballer of yesteryears who led India to a semi-final finish in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, was on Wednesday presented the Mohun Bagan club's highest award, Mohun Bagan Ratna, at a glittering function.
The country's soccer legends P K Banerjee, Chuni Goswami and Sailen Manna handed over the award to a beaming Banerjee - affectionately called Badru - who described it as one of the "biggest moments of his life".