Hiralal Mukherjee

Hiralal Mukherjee (14 October 1886 – 14 December 1962) was an Indian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

[1] On 14 October 1886, Mukherjee was born to a middle-class family in the erstwhile Bengal Presidency of British India.

At a young age, he lost his father and following which he moved to Howrah with his elder sister.

He was encouraged to take up goalkeeping by Sailen Basu, an official at Mohun Bagan, the club which Mukherjee first played for.

[3] He was part of the team that won the IFA Shield in 1911, when they beat East Yorkshire Regiment 2–1 in the final.