SPORTS Basic Info

SPORTS Basic Info

• Father of Kerala sports – Lt. Col. Goda Varma Raja (G C Raja)
• Kerala Sports Day – October 13 (Birth Anniversary of G V Raja)
• First President Kerala State Sports Council (KSSC) – G V Raja

• G V Raja was the founder President of the Travancore Sports Council renamed Kerala States Sports Council.

 

• He also played a key role in establishing the Thiruvananthapuram Tennis Club.
• He was the first person from Kerala to become an office holder of BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) when he became its Vice President.
• Kerala State Sports Council  instituted the G V Raja award, awarded yearly for excellence in sport.
• The prize money of G V Raja award – Rs. 1 lakh
• First International Grand Master in chess from Kerala – Geetha Narayanan Gopal

• The only olympic medal winner in Kerala – Mannuel Federick (hockey player)
• The famous footballer who known by the nick name ‘Kala Hiran‘ – I M Vijayan
• First Malayali who played in the Indian Cricket team – Tinu Yohannan (2001)
• The First Malayali to include in final eleven in a world cup cricket final – Sreesanth (2011)

• The first stadium in Kerala which hosted international ODI match – University stadium Thiruvananthapuram. (1984)
• Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kaloor International Stadium) situated at – Kochi
• The first high altitude cricket stadium in South India – Krishnagiri cricket stadium (Wayanad)
• P R Sreejesh is an Indian field hockey player and plays as a goal keeper in the Indian National Team.
• First Malayali to become Indian field Hockey team Captain – P R Sreejesh
• The International Astro Turf Hockey stadium is a hockey stadium under construction in the city of Kollam.
• It is the first of its kind in the state of Kerala.
• Jimmy George one of the greatest Volleyball players of all time was hails from Kannur district Kerala.