Celebrating three August giants in Nigerian football | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

The first two are still alive and kicking, superlative football heroes that have their footprints on the sands of time. The third passed on several years ago.The first is Fatai Atere. He celebrated his 48thofficial birthday on August 1, 2019.He was Nigeria’s football captain at the first FIFA U-16 Tournament that took place in China in 1985. He led that team to a remarkable victory, one that helped to create the foundation for future achievements by Nigerian teams.

Although that team was led by Wilson Oruma, the real pearl and heart of the team were a gangly, 15-year-old, 6ft 5inches tall boy who was to become the most celebrated football player in Nigeria’s history. His name is ‘Papillo’ Nwankwo Kanu. In life, Chief Williams was of a quiet, unassuming, complete gentleman, a man of class and style. He never got due credit for being the main architect of the success stories of Nigerian sports in the 1990s. Yet, he was the unseen ‘puppeteer’ pulling the strings and making things happen in sports during that great era of Nigerian football of the 1990s.

He sponsored many athletes on a scholarship to the United States for their studies, especially track and field athletes.

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