New Delhi, May 10:
Fortunato Franco, one of the pillars of India’s last Asian Games gold-winning football team in 1962, died in Goa on Monday.
He was 84. The AIFF confirmed the news of his death but did not specify the cause of his demise.
Franco is survived by his wife, son and daughter.
One of India’s finest mid-fielders (half-back as per 1960s parlance), Franco was a part of Indian football’s golden era between 1960-64.
He was a part of the 1960 Rome Olympics squad but didn’t get a game. However, he was an integral part of the 1962 Asiad gold winning team in Jakarta. (PTI)
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