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Indian Football: Legends from Andhra Pradesh

A look at the top footballers and coaches from Indian history to have emerged from Andhra Pradesh...

Andhra Pradesh has been a source of top footballers and coaches in the last six-to-seven decades, most prominently during the golden period (the 1950s and the 1960s).

Most of the national cups also went to the state in the 1950s and the 1960s. Hyderabad won the Santosh Trophy in 1956,1957 and Andhra won it in 1965. Hyderabad Police won an unprecedented five Rovers Cup title in a row between 1950-1954 before clinching the title again in 1957, 1960, 1962 and 1963.