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 | | And 58-year-old Bir Bahadur forced to set up a panipuri stall at Secunderabad’s Cantonment area, just to make a living, can look back on the 1966 Asian Games only when he is not hassled by the municipal authorities who drum up protests daily to clear the road of his movable cart. |
 | | A player with EME, Secunderabad and the Services, who travelled with the Indian team to Bangkok 40 years ago, Bir Bahadur is close to turning a psychological wreck, while trying to wipe off the loans his family was forced to procure for his daughter’s wedding. |
 | | The strapping young custodian of the 70s and 80s, who represented JCT Mills and was known as the best goal guard in Punjab for two decades, died at the age of 61 anything but the figure he was on the field — a rock solid, dependable last line of defence. |
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