Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 13 December 1939 | ||
Date of death | 4 May 2020 | (aged 80)||
Place of death | Pinetown, South Africa | ||
Youth career | |||
Clermont Home Defenders | |||
Avalon Athletic | |||
Hammanskraal United | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1971–1983 | Zulu Royals | ||
Mbabane Swallows | |||
International career | |||
South Africa Black XI | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Cedric "Sugar Ray" Xulu (13 December 1939 – 4 May 2020) was a South African footballer.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Xulu was a footballer whose career in the 1960s led him to play for local side AmaZulu and Mbabane Swallows in Swaziland.[7] In 1972, he played for Zulu Royals (now AmaZulu), who won the NPSL that season.[8] He played for the SA Black XI in the 1970s, which he captained.[9]
He received the Chairman's Award at the 2019 PSL Awards.[9]
The stadium Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium in the City of Durban is named after him.