Sanchita Chatterjee, BS News Agency, Kolkata: The 129th birth anniversary of the legendary footballer Padma Shri Goshta Pal, also known as the Great Wall of China, was celebrated at the foot of the 'Goshta Pal' statue at the ground by the initiative of the Youth Welfare and Sports Department of the Government of West Bengal. The Honorable Minister of the Sports and Youth Welfare Department, Shri Arup Biswas, paid tributes. Former and current athletes, officials of the Bengal Olympic Association, IFA and the three major Kolkata clubs East Bengal, Mohun Bagan, and Mahamedan were present.