Gostha Pal

Gostha Behari Pal was an Indian footballer who played primarily as a defender. Nicknamed "the Chinese wall", Pal was the first captain of the India national team, played during the 1920s and 30s.

20 August 1896

Born on the same birth day (20 August): Aaron Hamill • Abdelatif Benazzi • Alexandre Finazzi • Andrew Garfield • Cameron Mather • Colin Cunningham • Donn Swaby • Jack Wilson (Australian cricketer) • Jacopo Peri • Leigh Griffiths • Mark Holzemer • Ric Menello • Robert Plant • Tarjei Vesaas • Tawn Mastrey • Ted Donaldson • Uwe Bialon

Born in the same month (August 1896): Albert Ball • Brian Edmund Baker • Catherine Doherty • Firaq Gorakhpuri • Gerty Cori • Ivan Mihailov • Jack Pickford • Jean Piaget • Kenji Miyazawa • Laurence McKinley Gould • Leslie Groves • Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings • Oliver W. Larkin • Paul Outerbridge • Ralph Horween • Raymond Massey • Theodor Luts • Tõnis Kint