Sumbal Khan

Sumbal Khan
Khan in 1953
Personal information
Date of birth 1926
Place of birth Peshawar, British India
Date of death December 2007 (aged 81)
Place of death Peshawar, Pakistan
Position Centre-half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948–?? NWFP
1955 East Bengal
International career
1952–1956 Pakistan
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sumbal Khan (Urdu, Pashto: سنبل خان; 1926 – 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. He was member of the team till the late 60s.[3][4] He was among the players who played in the inaugural National Football Championship of Pakistan at YMCA Ground in Karachi in 1948, representing the NWFP provincial team throughout his ensuing career.[3][5] In 1955 he played in India for East Bengal.[1]

International career

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.[6] 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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c d "Death of footballer Sumbal Khan mourned". Brecorder. 2007-12-25. Archived from the original on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  4. ^ "Pakistan Observer 1964.10.26 — South Asian Newspapers". gpa.eastview.com. Retrieved 2026-01-03.
  5. ^ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) — Saturday 17 April 1954". p. 6. Retrieved 2024-06-21 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Asian Games 1954". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
  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)
  10. ^ "Asian Quadrangular Tournament (Colombo Cup) 1952–1955". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  11. ^ "The Indian National Team at the Colombo Cup". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 13 June 2003. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  12. ^ Morrison, Neil (1999). "Asian Quadrangular Tournament 1954 (Calcutta, India)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.


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