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Iranian footballer
Abbas Qarib
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Iranian footballer
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Tehran, Iran
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93 years
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Bank Melli F.C.
Iran national football team
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Abbas Qarib (Persian: عباس قریب) born 1916 in Tehran, Iran and died on September 16, 2009 wasthe last surviving member of Iran's first national football team.
In 1941, he played as a left wing defender in games against Afghanistan and British Raj (India). In 1942, he played in a friendly in Tehran versus a British Army XI.
He was a clerk employed by Bank Melli and played for Bank Melli F.C. and Daraei F.C. in the 1940s.
He died following weeks of hospitalization for a broken pelvis.
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