GEORGE TOWN, Aug 3 — Former Olympian and national football player V. Krishnasamy died yesterday at the Penang General Hospital here after a long battle with diabetes. Krishnasamy, 72, had been admitted to hospital on Friday. The death of Krishnasamy, a member of the Malaysian...
GEORGE TOWN, Aug 3 — Former Olympian and national football player V. Krishnasamy died yesterday at the Penang General Hospital here after a long battle with diabetes.The death of Krishnasamy, a member of the Malaysian team to the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, has been described as a great loss to Malaysian football.
“I have known Samy for over 50 years and was shocked to receive a call yesterday from a friend, informing me that Samy has left us,” he told reporters at Paya Terubong funeral parlour here today. “He was so strong that people labelled him ‘iron-man’, as it was very difficult for players to dribble the ball past him,” he said.
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