| T. Shanmugham | |
| Fullname: | Thulukhanam Shanmugham |
| Birth Date: | 1920 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Austin Town, Bangalore, India |
| Death Place: | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Position: | left-half |
| Clubs1: | Maharaja Socials |
| Clubs2: | Bangalore Student FC |
| Clubs3: | Sullivan Police SC |
| Clubs4: | Mysore |
| Years4: | 1944–1954 |
| Nationalteam1: | India |
| Manageryears1: | 1964–1978 |
| Managerclubs1: | Karnataka |
| Manageryears2: | 1979–1996 |
| Managerclubs2: | Salgaocar FC |
Thulukhanam Shanmugham (19 June 1920 - 13 December 2012) was an Indian footballer who represented his country in the 1952 Olympic Games.[1] [2]
Born in Austin Town, Bangalore, Shanmugham played for Mysore State for most of his career, spurning offers to play for teams from Kolkata. He was a gold medalist at the first Asian Games in 1951.[3]
Shanmugham was part of the first batch of coaches that came out of the National Institute of Sports, Patiala, in 1961. He was also one of the earliest to attend the 93-day FIFA coaching under Dettmar Cramer in Tokyo in 1969. [4] He was the coach of four Santosh Trophy winning sides and won two Federation Cup victories as manager of Salgaocar.[3] He was also a national selector.[4]
Shanmugham was a police officer by profession and served the Mysore city police for 35 years, working as a security officer to two state governors.[3]
India
Mysore
1946–47, 1952–53
Salgaocar
1988–89, 1989–90
Mysore
1967–68, 1968–69
Goa
1982–83, 1983–84