Cedric "Sugar Ray" Xulu (13 December 1939 – 4 May 2020) was a South African
footballer
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.
Career
Xulu was a footballer whose career in the 1960s led him to play for local side
AmaZulu
Zulu people (; ) are a native people of Southern Africa of the Nguni people, Nguni. The Zulu people are the largest Ethnic groups in South Africa, ethnic group and nation in South Africa, living mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.
They o ...
and
Mbabane Swallows in
Swaziland
Eswatini, formally the Kingdom of Eswatini, also known by its former official names Swaziland and the Kingdom of Swaziland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by South Africa on all sides except the northeast, where ...
. In 1972, he played for
Zulu Royals (now AmaZulu), who won the
NPSL that season.
He played for the
SA Black XI in the 1970s, which he captained.
He received the Chairman's Award at the 2019
PSL Awards.
The stadium
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Clermont, a township of Durban, South Africa. It is used mostly for Association football, football matches and was selected as one of the 3 training venues of the 2010 FIFA World Cup after bein ...
in the
City of Durban
Durban ( ; , from meaning "bay, lagoon") is the third-most populous city in South Africa, after Johannesburg and Cape Town, and the largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.
Situated on the east coast of South Africa, on the Natal Bay o ...
is named after him.
References
1939 births
2020 deaths
South African men's soccer players
AmaZulu F.C. players
Mbabane Swallows F.C. players
South African expatriate men's soccer players
South African expatriates in Eswatini
Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa
Men's association football players not categorized by position
20th-century South African sportsmen
People from Pinetown
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