ICON OF FOOTBALL TEAM

Name	Gostho Behari Pal
Nick Name	Gostho Pal
Born	20th August, 1896
Birth Place	Bhojeswar,Faridpore,Bangladesh
Position	Right Back
First Coach	Late Rajen Sen and then Major Sailen Bose
first Club	1907:Kumartuli A.C of Kolkata only at the age of 11
First Big Club	1914:At the age of 16, he joined Mohun Bagan Club of Kolkata. Mohunbagan Then playing in Kolkata Football League 2nd Divn and being a joint Winner with Messers club and they enterd into the 1st Divn League next year by the rules of IFA
Fan's Name	Great Wall of China. Nobel Winner Indian Poet Rabindranath Tagore was his great fan
Captain	1921 - 1926 :He was the captain of Mohunbagan
Foreign Visit	1924 :Captain of Indian Side
Foreign Visit	1933 :Captain of Indian against Singhol,IndiaWon 1 - 0
Retired	1936 from Mohunbagan
Death	8th April 1976

HONOUR

	1962	- He was honoured with the prestigious PADMASREE AWARD on 27th April 1962
1984	-Gostho Pal Sarani with the statue of the great man opposite Eden Gardens in Kolkata
1998	- The Post & Telegraph Department of Government of India honored the stalwart by issuing a postage stamp
2004	-The legend was posthumously honored with the Mohun Bagan Ratna