KOCHI: Former Kerala state footballer B Devanand who helped the state win their maiden Santosh Trophy national football championship title in 1973 died at the age of 71 at Tripunithura here on Tuesday.
Devanand was the centre-back in the Kerala team that defeated strong favourites Railways 3-2 in the final of the Santosh Trophy at the Maharaja's College Stadium on the evening of December 27, 1973.