Two former state footballers pass away

Former state footballers NK Jairaj, aged 74 and Babani Alias Laxman Rao Ghodke, aged 82 expired today at Bangalore. 

Jairaj was suffering from heart ailment and was hospitalized in Philomena Hospital since last 10 days. He hailed from Kannur and joined BEL in 1962. During the playing days of 60s, Jairaj played as a half-back for Kerala as well as Mysore. He represented Kerala in Sait Nagjee Trophy, Vital Trophy, Maman Pillai Trophy. 

He was a KSFA life member and served in KSFA’s governing body. Also, Jairaj served BDFA in various capacities. 

He left his wife, two daughters, and a son. His body kept in his house opposite to the Bangalore Football Stadium. 

Jairaj's cremation will take place at Wilson Garden Electric Crematorium tomorrow at 11 am. 

Babani, popularly known as captain died owing to old age. He was a popular footballer in the 50s and turned out for Mysore and several Bangalore-based football clubs like Jupiter Club, Bangalore Kickers.  

Also, Babani served as a president of Jupiter Club for many years.

 
KSFA and BDFA today condoled the death of these former footballers.

BDFA C Division Fixtures and Results - 2012-13

 

A Zone

1. 15-02-13, Friday, 1 pm: Excelsior 1 (Shreyank-53') Vs Bangalore Gorkha 1 (Prapench-42')
2. 16-02-13, Saturday, 1 pm: Hampi Nagar 1 (Lohit-27') Vs Blitz 3 ( Ranjan-20', Aswin-55', Narendra-57')
3. 17-02-13, Sunday, 8 am: Vel Socials 3 (Jacob -17', Vickey-18', Sunder-25') Vs Young Muslims 3 (Sunil-11', Appu-23', Vinod-38')
4. 17-02-13, Sunday, 9.15 am: BHEL(EDN) 0 Vs City Club 3 (Nrupathunga-10', Vijay-25', Kaushik-63')
5. 18-02-13, Monday, 1 pm: Excelsior 1 (Sushruth-31') Vs Blitz 0 
6. 20-02-13, Wednesday, 1 pm Hampi Nagar Vs Bangalore Gorkha
7. 21-02-13 Thursday, 1 pm: BHEL (EDN) Vs Young Muslims
8. 22-02-13 Friday, 1 pm: City Club 5 (Arjun-7', Verendra-18', Shubam-19', Kaushik-33', 38') Vs Vel Socials 0
9. 23-02-13 Saturday, 1 pm Blitz 3 (Ranjan-17', Mithan-42', Sudha-48') Vs Bangalore Gorkha 2 (Prapanch-16', Vishal-35')
10. 24-02-13 Sunday, 1 pm Excelsior 0 Vs City Club 2 (Narendra-10', Shubham-53')
    
11. 24-02-13 Sunday, 2.15 pm Hampi Nagar 0 Vs Young Muslims 1 (Sridhar-52')
    
12. 24-02-13 Sunday, 4.00 pm BHEL (EDN) 3 (Koireng-7', Karthik 30', Riaz Ahmed-34') Vs Vel Socials 2 ( Arun Raj-48', P Karthi-55')
13. 25-02-13 Monday, 2.30 pm Young Muslims 0 Vs Blitz 3 (Akash-11', Ranjan-53', Deepak-58')
14. 26-02-13 Tuesday, 2.30 pm Hampi Nagar 0 Vs City Club 0
15. 27-02-13 Wednesday, 2.30 pm BHEL (EDN) 0 Vs Excelsior 1 (Sreyank-23')
16. 28-02-13 Thursday, 2.30 pm Vel Socials 1 (Raju-4') Vs Bangalore Gorkha 3 (Prakash-36', Shiva-45', 47')
17. 01-03-I3 Friday, 2.30 pm Young Muslims 1 (Srinivas-50'+2') Vs City Club 1 (Vijay-40') 
18. 02-03-13 Saturday, 2.30 pm Bangalore Gorkha 1 (Shiva-49') Vs BHEL, (EDN) 1 (Koireng-17')
19. 03-03-13 Sunday, 8 am Excelsior Vs Vel Socials
20. 03-03-13 Sunday, 9.15 am Blitz Vs Citv Club
21. 03-03-13 Sunday, 10.30 am Hampi Nagar Vs BHEL (EDN)
22. 04-03-13 Monday, 1 pm Young Muslims 1 (Sunil-30+1') Vs Bangalore Gorkha 3 (Chinnathambi-12', Shiva-24', Prapanch-24')
23. 05-03-13 Tuesday, 1 pm Vel Socials 0 () Vs Blitz 3 (Sonu-16', Ranjan-21', Mithun-29')
24. 06-03-13 Wednesday, 1 pm Excelsior Vs Hampi Nagar
25. 07-03-13 Thursday, 1 pm Bangalore Gorkha Vs Citv Club
26. 08-03-13 Friday, 1 pm Blitz Vs BHEL (EDN)
27. 09-03-13 Saturday, 1 pm Vel Socials Vs Hampi Nagar
28. Excelsior Vs Young Muslims -

B Zone 

1. 17-02-13 Sunday, 10.30 am BOSCH 0 Vs Triveni 1 (Jeevan-20')
2. 17-02-13 Sunday, 11.30 am Bangalore Warriors 1 (Alex-41') Vs Crescent 0
3. 17-02-13 Sunday, 1 pm Town SC (Hoskote) 1 (Nithin-38') Vs Young Boys 0
4. 17-02-13 Sunday, 2.30 pm Bangalore Muslims 7 (Mate-21', 24', 43', Elvis Mangeha-41', Hoolenlal Haokip-45', 46', 48') Vs BHEL (EPD) 0
5. 18-02-13 Monday, 2.30 pm BOSCH 0 Vs Bangalore Warriors 2 (Bharathi Dasan- 8', Alex-36')
   
6. 20-02-13 Wednesday, 2.30 pm Triveni Vs Crescent
7. 21-02-13 Thursday, 2.30 pm BHEL (EPD) Vs Town SC (Hoskote)
8. 22-02-13 Friday, 2.30 pm Young Boys 2 (Harish-5', Mate-6') Vs Bangalore Muslims 1 (Prajwal-8')
9. 23-02-13 Saturday, 2.30 pm Triveni 1 (Deepak-55') Vs Bangalore Warriors 2 (Arun-24', Sathish-32')
10. 24-02-13 Sunday, 8 am BOSCH 0 Vs Crescent 5 (Radish-18', 25', 26', 30', CK Madhav-29')
11. 24-02-13 Sunday, 9.15 am BHEL (EPD) Vs Young Boys Young Boys got walk over over,  BHEL (EPD) withdrawn from league
12. 24-02-13 Sunday, 10.30 am Town SC (Hoskote) 0 Vs Bangalore Muslims 6 (Jason 8', 45', Lumin Thang-11', 17', 49', Mace-20')
13. 25-02-13 Monday, 1 pm Triveni W/O Vs BHEL (EPD) BHEL (EPD) withdrawn from league
14. 26-02-13 Tuesday, 1 pm Bangalore Muslims 0 Vs Bangalore Warriors 2 (Akash-17', 47')
15. 27-02-13 Wednesday, 1 pm Crescent 3 (Mahadave-5', Radhish-46', Madhu-48') Vs Young Boys 1 (Jhashank-51')
16. 28-02-13 Thursday, 1 pm Town SC (Hoskote) 1 (Raju-4') Vs BOSCH 0
17. 01-03-13 Friday, 1 pm Crescent 2 (Avinash-23', Harish-40') Vs Town SC (Hoskote) 1 ( Raju-18')
18. 02-03-13 Saturday, 1 pm Bangalore Warriors (W/O) Vs BHEL (EPD) BHEL (EPD) withdrawn from league
19. 03-03-13 Sunday, 1 pm Triveni Vs Bangalore Muslims
20. 03-03-13 Sunday, 2.15 pm Young Boys Vs BOSCH
21. 03-03-13 Sunday, 4 pm Town SC (Hoskote) Vs Bangalore Warriors
22. 04-03-13 Monday, 2.30 pm BHEL (EPD) Vs Crescent (W/O) BHEL (EPD) withdrawn from league
23. 05-03-13 Tuesday, 2.30 pm Bangalore Muslims 4 (Moin-2', Jason-20', Arunlal-36', Denzil-45') Vs BOSCH 0
24. 06-03-13 Wednesday, 2.30 pm Triveni Vs Young Boys
25. 07-03-13 Thursday, 2.30 pm Crescent Vs Bangalore Muslims
26. 08-03-13 Friday, 2.30 pm BOSCH Vs BHEL (EPD)
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28. 09-03-13 Saturday, 2.30 pm Triveni Vs Town SC (Hoskote) 

BDFA B Division Fixtures and Results - 2012-13

1. 15-02-13, Friday, 2.15 pm Bangalore Independence 3 (Edu-32', Akshya-48', Shivakumar-62') Vs RBI 5 (Bhim Rao-6', Rakesh-37',  Umashanker-45', 58', 60')
2. 15-02-13, Friday, 4 pm: Tilak Memorial 1 (Abhilesh-54') Vs Sri Gaianana 1 (Mumianji-55')
3. 16-02-13, Saturday, 2.15 pm Jupiters 1 (Chinnappa-54') Vs Royals 0
4. 16-02-13, Saturday, 4 pm: Southern Blues 2 (Udayakumar-50', Vignesh-60') Vs SW Railways 0
5. 18-02-13, Monday, 4 pm: Government Press 1 (Narendra-7') Vs Oriental 3 (Velu-14', Murthy-53', Prem-64')
6. 19-02-13, Tuesday, 4 pm: Bangalore Independents 2 (Zabi-17', Kiran-34') Vs Minerva 0
7. 20-02-13, Wednesday, 4 pm: Tilak Memorials Vs RBI
8. 21-02-13, Thursday, 4 pm: Jupiters Vs Southern Blues
9. 22-02-13, Friday, 4 pm: Sri Gajanana 5 (Vikram-2', Suran-15', 24', 47', Jesuva-45') Vs Royals 5 (Shin-22', 56', 59', Prakash-36', Nithyta-66')
10. 23-02-13, Saturday, 4 pm: Government Press 2 (Srinivas-47', Narendra-58') Vs SW Railway 0
11. 25-02-13, Monday, 4 pm: Oriental 4 (Murthy-5', Murali-19', Suman Kumar-25', Santosh-70') Vs Minerva 1 (Alex-37') 
12. 26-02-13, Tuesday, 4 pm: Bangalore Independents 3 (Zabi-10', Edwin-29', 35') Vs Tilak Memorials 1 (Kiran-35'+2')
13. 27-02-13, Wednesday, 4 pm: Jupiters 2 (Mugilan-56', Rameshbabu-60') Vs RBI 2 (Clinton-21', 35')
14. 28-02-13, Thursday, 4 pm: Southern Blues 1 (Ashok-14' [p]) Vs Royals 2 (Kishore-48', Shin-52')
15. 01-03-13, Friday, 4 pm: Government Press 0 Vs Sri Gajanana 4 (Vikram-5', 23', Sharath-39', Saleem-46')
16. 02-03-13, Saturday, 4 pm: SW Railway 8 (Murali-5', Prem-13', 34', Murthy-35', Santosh-38', Raghu-40', 43', 69') Vs Oriental 8 ()
17. 04-03-13, Monday, 4 pm: Dharmaraja Union 1 (Shyam-47') Vs Minerva 4 (Rohit-27', Sridhar Iyer-30', 37', 60')
18. 05-03-13, Tuesday, 4 pm: RBI 1 (Umashankar-48') Vs Southern Blues 2 (Ashok-2', KV Aditya-63')
19. 06-03-13, Wednesday, 4 pm: Bangalore Independents Vs Jupiters
20. 07-03-13, Thursday, 4 pm: Tilak Memorial Vs Dharmaraja Union
21. 08-03-13, Friday, 4 pm: SW Railway Vs Rovals
22. 09-03-13, Saturday, 4 pm: Dharmaraja Union Vs Sri Gajanana
23. 10-05-13, Friday, 2 PM: RBI 0 Vs Tilak Memorial 4 (Abhilash-12', 18', 20', Kiran V-56')
24. 10-05-13, Friday, 4 PM: Jupiters 3 (Mugilan-20', Sanath-36' [p], 54') Vs Southern Blues 2 (D Prabhakar-15', KV Aditya-69')
25. 11-05-13, Saturday, 4 PM: Government Press 1 (Vaasu-70') Vs Minerva 4 (Sridhar Iyer-11', 56', Rohith-37', Amith-64' )  
26. 12-05-13, Sunday, 2 PM: Oriental 1 (Murali-18') Vs Bangalore Independents 3 (Nagaraj-11' [p], Rohith-37', Anto-64')
27. 12-05-13, Sunday, 4 PM: Tilak Memorial 4 (Kiran-7', 58', Raja-34', Abhilash-42') Vs Royals 0 
28. 13-05-13, Monday, 2 PM: RBI 5 (Clinton-6', 17', Umashanker-50',  Jayaselan-51', Rakesh-70') Vs SW Railway 0 
29. 13-05-13, Monday, 4 PM: Jupiter 3 (Mugilan-13', Sanath-26', 49') Vs Government Press 0 
30. 14-05-13, Tuesday, 2 PM:  Sri Gajanana 1 () Vs Southern Blues 4 (Chandrasekhar-8', 11', KV Adithya-49, 53') 
31. 14-05-13, Tuesday, 4 PM: Dharmaraja Union 4 (Selva-15', 32', Leon-52', Suresh-59') Vs Oriental 2 (Murali Jr-50', Raghu-55')
32. 15-05-13, Wednesday, 2 PM: Minerva 6 (Sridhar-16', 33', 53', Rajan-27', Amit-59', Mukul-68') Vs Royals 0 
33. 15-05-13, Wednesday, 4 PM: Jupiter 0 Vs Tilak Memorial 2 (Akhilesh-27, Milton-53') 
34. 16-05-13, Thursday, 2 PM: Bangalore Independents 4 (Zabae-32', Shivashankar-34', James-38', 55') Vs SW Railway 0 
35. 16-05-13, Thursday, 4 PM: RBI 1 (Clinton-23') Vs Sri Gajanana 4 (Vikram-12', 27', Madan-45', Suman-69')  
36. 17-05-13, Friday, 2 PM: Dharmaraja Union 0 Vs Government Press 1 (Raju-27')  
37. 17-05-13, Friday, 4 PM: Southern Blues 1 (KV Aditya-66') Vs Oriental 3 (Murthy-8', 56', Husain-39') 
38. 18-05-13, Saturday, 2 PM: Jupiter 4 (Vinod-1', Sanath-21', 39', 44') Vs Minerva 1 (Sridhar-15')
39. 18-05-13, Saturday, 4 PM: Bangalore Independents 5 (Arun-10, Nickson-14', 42', Zabulla-37, Avinash-39') Vs Royals 0  
40. 19-05-13, Sunday, 2 PM: SW Railway 0 Vs Tilak Memorial 5 (Kiran-4', 32', Milton-27', Akhilesh-50', Darshan-52') 
41. 19-05-13, Sunday, 4 PM: Dharmaraja Union 2 (Leon-41', Tana-61') Vs Southern Blues 0 
42. 20-05-13, Monday, 2 PM: RBI 1 (Rakesh-2 [Monish red carded 30']) Vs Government Press 4 (Raju-12', 52', Kiran-36', Prasad-48' [Sudhakar red carded 50'])  
43. 20-05-13, Monday, 4 PM: Sri Gajanana 0 Vs Oriental 1 (Jhon Paul) 
44. 21-05-13, Tuesday, 2 PM: Bangalore Independents 1 (Zabiulla-29') Vs Dharmaraja Union 1 (Eshwar-45'
45. 21-05-13, Tuesday, 4 PM: Tilak Memorial 5 (Kiram M-5', 31', Abhilash-47', Darshan-67', Jeevan-68') Minerva 0 
46. 22-05-13, Wednesday, 2 PM: Jupiter 3 (Mugilan-27', Sanath-32', Vinod-35') Vs Sri Gajanana 3 (Salim-13', Varadaraj-49', 53')  
47. 22-05-13, Wednesday, 4 PM: RB1 3 (Clinton-34', Domonic-46', Stephen-69') Vs Royals 3 (Prakash-24', Subhash-32', Sathish-40')
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