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Syed Abdul Rahim: The Lost Legend
Man's World
|September 2023
We trace the inspiration behind Ajay Devgn's upcoming movie, Maidaan, the ace coach and driving force behind Indian football's golden age (yes we had one), whom the country forgot
A closer look at the trailer of the Ajay Devgn-starrer Maidaan and you will immediately connect with the fact that Devgn is playing the role of legendary football coach Syed Abdul Rahim - the chief architect of the period that can truly be called the 'Golden Age of Indian Football'. In fact, the story of Rahim and his boys has all the right ingredients from official apathy to heroes battling it out after debacles and rising again to become the top team in the continent for a classic sports movie.
Rahim became the manager of Hyderabad Police and the Indian national team in 1950. During his tenure, Hyderabad Police won the Rovers Cup five times in a row from 1950 to 1954 and the Durand Cup four times. After refusing to participate in the 1950 FIFA World Cup, India won gold at the 1951 Asian Games, beating a strong Iranian side 1-0 in front of a packed home crowd in Delhi, with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in attendance.
This story is from the September 2023 edition of Man's World.
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