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Late Datuk Kuppan was captain of the Penang state team in the 1960s and later became a striker for the national football team, and is best remembered as one of Malaysia’s most successful football coaches. The Penang team won the HMS Malaya Cup in 1958 and he was in the national team which won the Merdeka tournament that year. He represented the country for eight years up to 1965 and played 10 seasons for Penang, retiring in 1967 due to an injury.
Datuk Kuppan then coached the national team from 1972 to 1978, during which time the national team won the Merdeka tournament once and the Thai King’s Cup twice. In two years of coaching the Penang football team from 1972 to 1974, he led them to win their fourth Malaysia Cup title.
Datuk Kuppan has been conferred with the names “Black Panther of Penang” and “Jetboots” for his ability to attack quickly. Born and bred in Butterworth, the eldest child among his seven siblings began working as a clerk for the Penang Port Commission before marrying schoolteacher G. Amirthamani in 1962.
In 2005, Datuk Kuppan was awarded the Darjah Indera Mahkota Pahang (DIMP) honour, which comes with the title “Datuk,” and in 2013, he received the Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri (DSPN) award from the Penang Governor.
Datuk Kuppan passed away at the age of 85 on 30th December, 2021.
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Today, on the second episode of Siragugal Podcast, we will be continuing the conversation with Dr. Vanajah Siva Subramaniam. She has made the news 14 years ago when she was the only woman out of more than 11,000 applicants shortlisted and made it to the final four before Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor was selected as the Malaysian cosmonaut-researcher to join the Russian Soyuz TMA-11 mission on Oct 10, 2007.
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Today, on the very first episode of Siragugal Podcast, we are happy to share the conversation with Dr. Vanajah Siva Subramaniam. She has made the news 14 years ago when she was the only woman out of more than 11,000 applicants shortlisted and made it to the final four before Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor was selected as the Malaysian cosmonaut-researcher to join the Russian Soyuz TMA-11 mission on Oct 10, 2007.
For more on Dr. S. Vanajah and her work, visit her at LinkedIn page.
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