Cedric "Sugar Ray" Xulu (13 December 1939 – 4 May 2020) was a South African

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Career

Xulu was a footballer whose career in the 1960s led him to play for local side

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and Mbabane Swallows in

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. 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

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is named after him.

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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 {{SouthAfrica-footy-bio-stub