Bashir Ahmed (field hockey, born 1941)

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Bashir Ahmed
বশির আহমেদ
Born1941 (age 82–83)
Dhaka, Bengal Province, British India
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma mater University of Dhaka
Field hockey career
Playing position Right-out, Left-in
Senior career
YearsTeam
1957–1962 Victoria SC
1963–1970 National Bank of Pakistan
1971–1976 Sonali Bank
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1962 Pakistan
Teams coached
1977–1978 Dhaka Mohammedan
1978 Bangladesh
1982 Bangladesh women
Association football career
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1956 Dhaka SC
1957–1962 Victoria SC
1963–1967 Dhaka Mohammedan
International career
1958–1960 East Pakistan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bashir Ahmed (born 1941) is a retired Bangladeshi international field hockey player and is the first Bengali player to represent the Pakistan men's national field hockey team. He was also a prominent football player and referee. [1]

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Early life

Bashir Ahmed was born in Mahut-tuli area in Dhaka. He studied in Armanitola Government High School. After he enrolled in the University of Dhaka, he took part in field hockey, football, cricket and athletics. He was an active sportsman during the late '50s and '60s. The Dhaka clubs he played for included Mohammedan Sporting, Victoria Sporting, Brothers Union and National Bank of Pakistan (now Sonali Bank). [1]

Career

Field hockey career

National Hockey Championship

Bashir represented East Pakistan in the National Hockey Championship for several years. [2] [3] He was also a member of the East Pakistan Sports Federation's hockey team that won its only match in the history of the championship. This match against Pakistan Navy was played at Karachi on 1 April 1967. [4]

International matches

In 1962, Bashir played two international matches from the Pakistan field hockey team against visiting foreign hockey teams, becoming the first Bengali player to do so. The games were played against teams of Kenya and Holland. [1] [5] Both of these matches were played at Dacca, where Bashir played at right-out position.

Coaching and umpiring

Bashir was the head coach of the Bangladesh men's national field hockey team at the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. He coached Dhaka Mohammedan to the 1977-78 Dhaka Hockey First Division League title. In 1982, Bashir served as the coach of the first ever Bangladesh women. He was also an international hockey umpire and umpired in both the 1985 Men's Hockey Asia Cup and the 1989 Men's Hockey Asia Cup. [1]

Hockey honours

Victoria SC

  • Atiqullah Cup: 1958

National Bank of Pakistan

  • Pakistan Hockey League: 1963–64, 1966–67

Sonali Bank

  • Shaheed Smriti Hockey Tournament: 1976

Dhaka Mohammedan

  • Dhaka Hockey First Division League: 1977–78 (as coach)

Football career

Playing career

Bashir (seated second from left) with the 1961 Pakistan National Football Championship-winning Dhaka Division team. 1961 Pakistan National Football Championship-winning Dhaka Division team.png
Bashir (seated second from left) with the 1961 Pakistan National Football Championship-winning Dhaka Division team.

Bashir began his football career with Dhaka Sporting Club in the Dhaka Second Division League. In 1962, he won four titles with Victoria Sporting Club, including the Dhaka League, Aga Khan Gold Cup, Independence Day Cup, and Mohammad Ali Bogra Shield. In 1959, he was a guest player for the Dhaka Mohammedan team, which became the first East Pakistani club to lift the Aga Khan Gold Cup. He represented East Pakistan at the National Football Championship in 1958, 1959, and 1960, emerging as champions in the latter. [1] Bashir was the vice-captain of Dhaka Division during their National Football Championship triumph in 1961–62. He also represented the football teams of both Dhaka University and Jagannath College from 1952 to 1967. [6]


Football honours

Victoria SC

Dhaka Mohammedan

  • Dhaka League: 1963, 1965, 1966
  • Aga Khan Gold Cup: 1959 (guest player), 1964
  • Independence Day Cup: 1963, 1966
  • Mohammad Ali Bogra Shield: 1966
  • Liaquat Ali Gold Cup: 1967

East Pakistan

Dhaka Division

Jagannath College

  • Ronald Shield: 1962

Refereeing career

Bashir was a referee in domestic football. In 2008, he served as the chairman of Bangladesh Football Federation's Referees' Committee. [1]

Awards and accolades

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  2. ↑ "এই বয়সে হকির এমন অবস্থা দেখে খুব কষ্ট লাগে" (in Bengali). Kalerkantho. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "হকির সোনালি দিনে ফেরার আশা" (in Bengali). Kalerkantho. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "East Pakistan win first match ever; Good display by Sadek". Dawn, Karachi. 2 April 1967. p. Sports Page.
  5. ↑ "Convincing win for Pakistan". Pakistan Times, Lahore. 6 February 1967. p. Sports Page.
  6. ↑ Dulal, Mahmud (2014). পাকিস্তান জাতীয় দল বাঙালি খেলোয়াড় (transl. Bengali players in the Pakistan national team) (in Bengali). Bishhoshahitto Bhobon.
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