Abbas Qarib | |
Fullname: | Abbas Qarib |
Birth Date: | 1916 |
Birth Place: | Tehran, Iran |
Position: | Defender |
Clubs3: | Daraei F.C. |
Nationalyears1: | 1941 |
Nationalteam1: | Iran |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Abbas Qarib (Persian: عباس قریب) born 1916 in Tehran, Iran and died on September 16, 2009, was the 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.[1]
He was a clerk employed by Bank Melli and played for Bank Melli F.C. and Daraei F.C. in the 1940s.[2]
He died following weeks of hospitalization for a broken pelvis.[3]