Sumbal Khan

Sumbal Khan

Khan in 1953
Personal information
Date of birth	Unknown
Place of birth	Peshawar, British India
Date of death	December 2007
Place of death	Peshawar, Pakistan
Position(s)	Centre-half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Warsak FC
1950–1961	NWFP
1955–1956	East Bengal
International career
1952–1956	Pakistan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sumbal Khan (Urdu, Pashto: سنبل خان; died December 2007) was a Pakistani footballer who played as a centre-half. He was the sixth captain in the history of the Pakistan national football team after Osman Jan, Abdul Wahid Durrani, Muhammad Sharif, Moideen Kutty and Jamil Akhtar. Khan also played for East Bengal in India.[1]

Early life

Khan hailed from Peshawar in the North West Frontier Province in British India.[2]

Club career

Khan played as a centre-back, starting his career at Peshawar club Warsak FC.[3] He was among the players who played in the inaugural National Football Championship of Pakistan at YMCA Ground in Karachi in 1948. In the 1950s he played in India for East Bengal.[1][4] He represented the NWFP provincial team from 1950 till 1961 in the National Football Championship.[3][5][6]

International career

Khan with the Pakistan national team in 1955 (standing at far left)

Sumbal first represented Pakistan in the 1952 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament in Ceylon. He later featured in the 1953 edition in Burma and the 1954 Asian Games in the Philippines. Sumbal became the sixth captain in the history of the Pakistan national football team at the 1955 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament at Dhaka.[3] He also toured Ceylon, Singapore and China with the national team in 1956.[7]

Personal life

Khan died in December 2007.[3] The Sumbal Khan Football Ground in Peshawar was named after him.[8][9]

Honours

Pakistan

• Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament: 1952

See also

• List of Pakistan national football team captains
• List of foreign players for SC East Bengal

References

1. "Team Archives – EAST BENGAL CLUB". eastbengalfootballclub.com. Archived from the original on 2019-06-09.
2. InpaperMagazine, From (2013-01-13). "In-depth: Pakistan football". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
3. "Death of footballer Sumbal Khan mourned". Brecorder. 2007-12-25. Archived from the original on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
4. "কলকাতায় দুইজন পাক খেলোয়াড়, ইস্টবেঙ্গলে খেলার কথা" [Two Pakistani players in Kolkata, Set to play for East Bengal]. Jugantor (in Bengali). 16 June 1955.
5. "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) — Saturday 17 April 1954". p. 6. Retrieved 2024-06-21 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Kausar claims big gains against terrorism". The Nation. 2013-01-21. Archived from the original on 2024-11-12. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
7. Ahsan, Ali (2010-12-23). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part I". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
8. Report, Bureau (2017-08-26). "D.I. Khan, Bannu advance". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-30. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
9. Report, Bureau (2017-08-19). "Peshawar Whites edge past Charsadda". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-04. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)