Siddique Dewan

Dewan was born in Baidyer Bazar Union of Narayanganj District, Bengal, British India in 1897. He attended Sonakanda High School in Narayanganj, and represented the school football team. ==Football career==

In 1916, Dewan began playing for Town Club, Narayanganj, and caught the attention of S. N. Roy, who was then the captain of Wari Club. In 1918, Dewan joined the Dhaka-based club, where he went on to spend the rest of his career, representing the team as a centre-half in a 2–3–5 formation for almost a decade. On 14 August 1965, he played for Ashraful Huq XI against Samad XI in a veterans exhibition match organized by the East Pakistan Sports Federation on Pakistan's Independence Day. ==Police career==

In 1925, Dewan joined the Dacca Police as a Sub-inspector under the Indian Imperial Police. In 1930, when the British first introduced a football league in crime-ridden Chittagong, Dewan, serving with the provincial police, was assigned responsibility for managing ground security during the championship final. Following the conclusion of the match, Inspector Khan Bahadur Assanullah was fatally shot. Dewan pursued the perpetrator unarmed and successfully apprehended him. For his actions, Dewan was awarded the King's Police Medal (KPM) for gallantry. He was also granted a monthly allowance of Rs. 15, which continued for two generations. He retired from the police force in 1957. ==Sports administration==

In November 1937, Dewan was elected general secretary of the Corinthians–Chittagong Football Committee, which was formed to administer an exhibition match in Chittagong between the touring British club Islington Corinthians and a Chittagong XI. The match was played on 26 November 1937 and ended in a 1–0 victory for the visitors. He was also involved in the administration of Chittagong Town Club. Additionally, he served as the general secretary of Wari Club from 1952 to 1956 and returned as its vice-president in 1976. ==Death==

He died in the 1980s. ==References==