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Tanvir Dar
Munir Dar's younger brother, Tanvir was a robust full-back
whose strikes in the short corner were as famous in his era s those of
Floris Jan Bovelander in the '90s. Tanvir scored a high percentage of
pakistan's goals in the '68 Olympics,in the '70 Asiad and also in the
'71 World Cup, three of pakistan's most glorious triumphs Which completed
pakistan's first Grand Slam.
What is more it is said had he not missed out the '72 Munich Olympics
final due to recurrence of his unfortunate knee injury, pakistan may have
retained the title with breath to spare.
It was not just raw power which brought Tanvir all those goars;he had
an angular short and a quick arm action with all the power of his shoulder
right behind . Injury brought Tanvir's brilliant career to a ratherpremature
end and then further sickness took its toll to prevent him from taking
any interest in the game .He eventually succumbed to a combination of
diabetes and kidney failure and sadly expired at a rather young age on
February 11 1998.
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