Chennai: Well known football administrator C R Viswanathan died in Chennai Tuesday after a brief illness.
Affectionately called as ‘CRV’ in football circles, he had served as the former vice-president of the All India Football Federation and president of the TamilnaduĀ Football Association.
Viswanathan is survived by his wife, son and a daughter. He was instrumental in the construction of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai in 1993, which hosted the Nehru Cup International tournament in the same year and the SAF Games in 1995, when late leader J Jayalalithaa was the Chief Minister.