Swadhin Bangla football team member Fazle Sadain Khokon died of a cardiac arrest at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka on Saturday.
He was 74.
Khokon left behind his wife, one son, one daughter, and a host of well-wishers to mourn his death.
He had been suffering from multiple health complications following a brain haemorrhage and later was admitted to the CMH on November 19.
Khokon, who hails from Boalia in Rajshahi, began his football career as a defender with Azad Sporting Club in 1968 before joining Dhaka Wanderers in 1970.
After the independence, Khokon played for the Water and Power Development Authority team, Abahani Limited, the BRTC team, and the Rajshahi University team.
He retired from football in the late 1980s after suffering a knee injury.
Khokon鈥檚 body was taken to his home in Rajshahi and was laid to rest at a local graveyard following his namaz-e-janaza after Zuhr prayers on Sunday.