{"id":1886,"date":"2012-01-05T06:42:55","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T06:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/?p=1886"},"modified":"2012-01-05T06:42:55","modified_gmt":"2012-01-05T06:42:55","slug":"former-delhi-state-footballer-mohd-akram-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.com\/?p=1886","title":{"rendered":"Former Delhi state footballer Mohd. Akram passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi: <\/strong>Former Delhi State footballer Mohd. Akram passed\u00a0 away\u00a0 on Tuesday evening\u00a0 at\u00a0 his East\u00a0 Delhi\u00a0 Gagan\u00a0 Vihar\u00a0 residence\u00a0 following\u00a0 a\u00a0 prolonged\u00a0 illness.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Akram, aged 72, is survived by his wife and six daughters including four married.<\/p>\n<p>Akram, one was one of the finest defenders Delhi has ever produced, started his football career with walled\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 city famous Anglo Arabic School in 1955.\u00a0 He did his graduation from erstwhile Delhi College (now known as Dr.Zakir Hussain College) in 1958. <\/p>\n<p>He regularly represented his school, college and his department. Custom football teams in the state as well as all-India competitions. <\/p>\n<p>He started playing in prestigious Delhi Senior Division league from leading City Football Club and was a prominent figure in Delhi League from 1960 to1980.<\/p>\n<p>He also represented his club in country&#8217;s prominent tournaments viz., DCM,\u00a0 Durand,<\/p>\n<p>Rovers Cup, IFA Shield, Stafford Cup etc., during\u00a0 sixty &#8211; eighty era.<\/p>\n<p>He also represented Delhi State in the Senior National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy\u00a0 on several occasions.<\/p>\n<p>His contemporaries were Sujat Ashraf, Mohd. Aslam, Manzoor Ahmed, Mohd. Yakub,<\/p>\n<p>Taffiq, Lufet Ali, Mohd.\u00a0 Mohammed, Aziz Qureshi, Pran, Madan Abdul Aziz, Syed Nasir\u00a0 Ali\u00a0 etc.<\/p>\n<p>He retired from his department Delhi Customs as Asstt. Commissioner in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>He was buried on Wednesday evening at Motian (situated near Prakash Narain Hospital) Qabristan. A\u00a0 large\u00a0 number\u00a0 of\u00a0 soccer lovers\u00a0 including\u00a0 DSA\u00a0 officials\u00a0 were\u00a0 present\u00a0 at\u00a0 his funeral. <\/p>\n<p>The Delhi Soccer Association (DSA) President\u00a0 Subhash Chopra, MLA and the managing committee members expressed\u00a0 their heart-felt\u00a0 condolences\u00a0 over\u00a0 his\u00a0 untimely death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi: <\/strong>Former Delhi State footballer Mohd. 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