Sumbal Khan

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| name = Sumbal Khan

| image = Former Pakistan national football team captain Sumbal Khan.jpg

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| birth_date = 1926

| death_date = December 2007 (aged 81)

| death_place = Peshawar, Pakistan

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| position = Centre-half

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| years1 = -1960s

| clubs1 = Warsak FC

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| nationalyears1 = 1952–1956

| nationalteam1 = Pakistan

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| birth_place = Peshawar, British India

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| years2 = 1950–1961

| clubs2 = NWFP

| years3 = 1955–1956

| clubs3 = East Bengal

| caption = Khan in 1953

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Sumbal Khan (Urdu, Pashto: {{Nastaliq|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.{{cite web |title=Team Archives – EAST BENGAL CLUB |url=https://www.eastbengalfootballclub.com/team-archives.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609144422/https://www.eastbengalfootballclub.com/team-archives.php |archive-date=2019-06-09 |url-status=usurped |website=eastbengalfootballclub.com}}

Early life

Khan hailed from Peshawar in the North West Frontier Province in British India.{{Cite web |last=InpaperMagazine |first=From |date=2013-01-13 |title=In-depth: Pakistan football |url=https://www.dawn.com/2013/01/13/in-depth-pakistan-football/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121032308/https://www.dawn.com/2013/01/13/in-depth-pakistan-football/ |archive-date=21 January 2016 |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}

Club career

Khan played as a centre-back, starting his career at Peshawar club Warsak FC, He played for them till the late 60s.https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/san/?a=d&d=paob19641026-01.1.6&srpos=1&e=-------en-25--1--img-txIN-Pakistan+football+sumbal+khan---------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.{{cite news |date=16 June 1955 |title=কলকাতায় দুইজন পাক খেলোয়াড়, ইস্টবেঙ্গলে খেলার কথা |trans-title=Two Pakistani players in Kolkata, Set to play for East Bengal |work=Jugantor |language=bn}} He represented the NWFP provincial team from 1950 till 1961 in the National Football Championship.{{Cite web |title=Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) — Saturday 17 April 1954|page=6

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International career

File:Pakistan national football team in 1955.jpg

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. He also toured Ceylon, Singapore and China with the national team in 1956.{{Cite web |last=Ahsan |first=Ali |date=2010-12-23 |title=A history of football in Pakistan — Part I |url=https://www.dawn.com/2010/12/23/a-history-of-football-in-pakistan-part-i/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724171442/https://www.dawn.com/2010/12/23/a-history-of-football-in-pakistan-part-i/ |archive-date=24 July 2024 |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}

Personal life

Khan died in December 2007.{{Cite web |date=2007-12-25 |title=Death of footballer Sumbal Khan mourned |url=http://www.brecorder.com/news/3465819 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528123540/http://www.brecorder.com/news/3465819 |archive-date=28 May 2024 |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=Brecorder |language=en}} The Sumbal Khan Football Ground in Peshawar was named after him.{{Cite web |last=Report |first=Bureau |date=2017-08-26 |title=D.I. Khan, Bannu advance |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1353909 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530112040/https://www.dawn.com/news/1353909 |archive-date=30 May 2024 |access-date=2024-05-30 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Report |first=Bureau |date=2017-08-19 |title=Peshawar Whites edge past Charsadda |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1352363 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604223531/https://www.dawn.com/news/1352363 |archive-date=4 June 2024 |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}

Honours

{{flagicon|PAK}} Pakistan

Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament:{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brindies-quad.html|title=Asian Quadrangular Tournament (Colombo Cup) 1952-1955|website=RSSSF|access-date=29 September 2021|archive-date=27 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727145000/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/brindies-quad.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/colombocup.html|title=The Indian National Team at the Colombo Cup|website=indianfootball.de|access-date=29 September 2021|archive-date=13 June 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030613163424/http://indianfootball.de/data/colombocup.html|url-status=live}} 1952;

runners-up: 1955;
third-place: 1954{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brindies-quad.html#54|title=Asian Quadrangular Tournament 1954 (Calcutta, India)|website=RSSSF |first=Neil|last=Morrison|date=1999|access-date=17 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927000411/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brindies-quad.html|archive-date=27 September 2022}}