Samar Banerjee holds the distinction of winning the Santosh trophy both as a player and a coach...
Grand stories often have very humble beginnings. Samar, alias Badru, Banerjee's tale also treads along the same lines.
Born to Sasanka Sekhar Banerjee in Bali, Howrah district, on January 30, 1930, he grew up in a household where football was a way of life. Almost every evening, an informal 'adda' session would take place in the courtyard of his house and a young Badru would listen in awe to the various stories of the Kolkata Maidan.