Syed Abdus Samad (Bengali: সৈয়দ আবদুস সামাদ; 6 December 1895 – 2 February 1964) was an Indian football player from Bengal.

[5] Samad displayed his talents in football from his early boyhood,[5] and was influenced by headmaster of his school – Piyare Mohan Mookherji.

[7] Samad played football for Purnia Zilla School in interschool tournament, and he scored all ten goals for his team in their 10–0 win against Umapati Kumar's Kishanganj Higher English School in a match.

[9] Dukhiram Majumder was one of founding members of Aryan Club in 1888, was responsible for bringing up players like Samad.

Yes, on his day!In 1931, Mohun Bagan acquired the services of Samad, where he played alongside legendary players including Gostha Pal,[21][22] Karuna Bhattacharya, Umapati Kumar, Sanmatha Dutta, Balaidas Chatterjee,[23][24] Satu Chowdhury,[25][26][27] and Bimal Mukherjee.

Mohammedan became the first native club to capture the Calcutta Football League title in 1934,[29][30][31][32] in their very first year in top division which was a rare feat.

[citation needed] In the same year, due to a serious injury, Samad's playing career came to an end.

[9] As a member of the India national team, he toured Burma, Ceylon, Hong Kong, China, Java, Sumatra, Malay, Borneo, Singapore and the United Kingdom.

[38] After the partition of India in 1947, Samad settled in Parbatipur Upazila of Dinajpur in East Pakistan.

[9] Samad also served as chairman of the Pakistan National Sports Council Board.

[7] He had a son named Golam Hossain; together they played for Eastern Bengal Railway team in 1944.