Mohun Bagan 1969 Shield last hero Pronab Ganguly no extra

Former India and Mohun Bagan winger Pronab Ganguly, who’s greatest remembered for his double strike towards East Bengal within the membership’s 1969 IFA Shield win, died after struggling a cardiac arrest.
Ganguly, 75, was having respiration issues for the previous few days and suffered a cardiac arrest at his Park Circus residence on Friday, based on sources in his former membership.
Ganguly was a member of the Indian group within the Merdeka Cup in 1969.
After he converted to Mohun Bagan from Howrah Union in 1967, Ganguly wowed the Kolkata Maidan along with his deft dribbling expertise and superb ball management.

Mohun Bagan household deeply mourns the unhappy demise of Pranab Ganguly. Earlier in 2020, former National group winger has been awarded Lifetime Achievement Award for his beneficial contributions in the direction of the membership.Our deepest sympathy and prayers are with the bereaved household🙏 pic.twitter.com/94ugg72So4
— Mohun Bagan (@Mohun_Bagan) April 23, 2021
He performed eight seasons on the trot for the Mariners. His greatest second got here below Amal Dutta’s 4-2-4 formation within the high-voltage 1969 IFA Shield last when his brace handed Mohun Bagan a 3-1 win over arch-rivals East Bengal.
Sukalyan Ghoshdastidar had scored the opposite aim.
Despite taking part in as a left-winger, Ganguly had a penchant for scoring targets and confirmed his expertise in his second match of the Calcutta League for Mohun Bagan when his free-kick downed Rajasthan Club.
With him within the group, Mohun Bagan received each main trophy — Calcutta League, IFA Shield, Durand Cup, Rovers Cup. His profession highlights additionally embody a superb hat-trick within the Rovers Cup.
He was additionally profitable for Bengal in Santosh Trophy, taking part from 1967 to 1969 and 1971, successful the title in 1969 and 1971.
In 1969, Ganguly was good within the Santosh semi-final towards a robust Andhra Pradesh group, scoring 4 instances over two legs.
After retirement he was concerned as a coach with Calcutta Cricket and Football Club and likewise a number of academies.
He was bestowed with Mohun Bagan’s Lifetime Achievement award in 2020.