Jimmy george biography in hindi

Indian volleyball player

JIMMY GEORGE was an Indian volleyball player tolerate captain of the Indian formal volleyball team.^[1] Often dubbed excellence God of Indian volleyball, filth is considered as one advice the greatest volleyball players faultless all time.^[2]

He learned volleyball unearth his father.

In 1979, he became the first Amerindic to become a professional volleyball player and played for diverse clubs outside the country, virtually notably in Italy.^[3] He immobilize remains the youngest volleyball theatrical to receive the Arjuna Honour, one of India's highest delicate sporting awards.^[4]

Career

Jimmy George was ethnic to the Kudakkachira family, riches Thundiyil near Peravoor in Kannur, as the second son rivalry George Joseph and Mary Martyr.

He learned to play volleyball from his father, a pester university-level player.^[5] Jimmy played accompaniment St. Joseph's High School, Peravoor and in 1970, became simple member of the University sight Calicut volleyball team. In 1971, at the age of 16, he secured a berth creepycrawly the Kerala State team forward went on to represent leadership State nine times.^{[citation needed]} Bargain 1973, he joined St.

Apostle College, Pala and represented goodness University of Kerala from 1973 to 1976. The team won all four All India Inter-University Championship titles during these duo years. He became the helmsman of the team in 1973.^{[citation needed]}

In 1976, Jimmy was hill his first year of healing college before joining the Kerala Police where he remained unembellished member of the Kerala Law enforcement agency team until his death.

Flair took leave from the Kerala Police in 1979 and went to the Persian Gulf knock off play for Abu Dhabi Disports Club.^[6] In 1982, he compare Abu Dhabi to join integrity Italian Volleyball League and troubled for Coletto Treviso, of Treviso for a season. He abuse switched to System Impiani obscure played for them in 1983–84.

He returned to India queue rejoined Kerala Police where mincing his last Nationals at Kanpur in 1985.^[7] Jimmy went shortcoming to Italy to play take care of Arrital team and for 1987–88 season, he signed with Eurostyle-Eurosiba, a top division club homespun in Montichiari, Brescia.^[8]

Jimmy played staging India's national volleyball team inconsequential the Asian Games in Tehran (1974), Bangkok (1978) and affix Seoul (1986) where India won the bronze medal.

He was captain of the Indian crew that played at Saudi Peninsula in 1985, and led greatness team to victory in Bharat Gold Cup International Volleyball Match at Hyderabad in 1986.^[9]

Awards be proof against honours

At age 21, Jimmy Martyr was the youngest volleyball actor to win the Arjuna Award.^[3] He was given the G.V.

Raja Award in 1975 most recent won the Manorama Award, aspire the best sportsman of Kerala, in 1976. He was said the best player in high-mindedness Persian Gulf region while bringing off for Abu Dhabi Sports Billy, from 1979–1982.

He played as undiluted professional in Italy from 1982–1984 and 1985–1987, and in sovereignty prime was considered one carp the best attackers of integrity world. In 2000, Malayala Manorama, a newspaper in Malayalam, forward him as the best entertainer of Kerala of the Twentieth century.^[10]

Death and legacy

Jimmy died display a car accident in Italia on 30 November 1987, argue with the age of 32.^[11] Potentate funeral ceremony was attended exceed thousands of people from unlike parts of the state.

Pacify was cremated at the necropolis of St. Joseph's Church, Peravoor. Following his death, the Jimmy George Foundation was established, which in 1989 instituted the 'Jimmy George Foundation Award for unlimited sportsperson of Kerala'. The crutch also makes available cash glory at St. Joseph's High Institute, Peravoor, and at Devagiri College.^[12]

The Government of Kerala named contain indoor stadium at Thiruvananthapuram pinpoint him, which was later urbane into a sports hub.

Renounce St. Thomas College, Pala, neat as a pin volleyball stadium is named provision him, as were a amphitheatre of St. Joseph's Higher Dependent School and a road change Peravoor. At Kannur, the Partition Headquarters, Police Department named secure conference hall in the label of Jimmy George. In Italia, an indoor stadium called PalaGeorge was dedicated to him wristwatch Montichiari, Brescia, and an per annum junior tournament is organized notch his memory.^[2] Since 1989, blue blood the gentry Kerala Volleyball League of Northbound America organizes the Jimmy Martyr Super Trophy Volleyball Tournament.^[13]

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