Background
Mukherjee was born on 14 October 1886, to a middle-class family in the erstwhile Bengal Presidency of British India. He grew up and had his early education in the Bagbazar locality of Calcutta (now Kolkata).
Mukherjee was born on 14 October 1886, to a middle-class family in the erstwhile Bengal Presidency of British India. He grew up and had his early education in the Bagbazar locality of Calcutta (now Kolkata).
Passing the entrance exam at the Howarh Zilla School in 1904, he got himself enrolled at the Bengal Engineering College (now Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology) in Shibpur. This was when he quit his studies and took to football as a profession. He was suggested to take up goalkeeping by Sailen Basu, an official at Mohun Bagan, the club which Mukherjee first played foreign
Mukherjee began his club career with Mohun Bagan in 1906.
As a goalkeeper, he was known for his ability to storm into the tackles of the opposition strikers. The winning team was titled "Immortal XI" following the victory.
This is viewed as a turning point in Indian football, as a team of Indian natives on bare foot had beaten a well coached British team