title: Abbas Qarib
text: # Abbas Qarib
  
  Abbas Qarib (Persian: عباس قریب) born 1916 in Tehran, Iran and died on September 16, 2009, was the last surviving member of Iran's first national football team.
  
  In 1941, he played as a left-wing defender in games against Afghanistan and British Raj (India). In 1942, he played in a friendly in Tehran versus a British Army XI.
  
  He was a clerk employed by Bank Melli and played for Bank Melli F.C. and Daraei F.C. in the 1940s.
  
  He died following weeks of hospitalization for a broken pelvis.
  
  