T.A. Jaffer, centre, with Olympians O. Chandrasekharan, left, and Simon Sunderraj.
| Photo Credit: File Photo: VIPIN CHANDRAN
T.A. Jaffer, a member of the Kerala group which received the Santosh Trophy National soccer championship for the primary time in 1973, handed away right here on Sunday. He was 77 and had been ailing for a while.
A feared half-back throughout his prime, Jaffer was a member of the Kerala Santosh Trophy group for seven years from 1969. Later, he was additionally the coach of the State Santosh Trophy group.
