Elkanah Onyeali
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Elkanah Bollington Onyeali[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Port Harcourt, Nigeria | ||
| Date of death | 11 August 2008 (aged 69) | ||
| Place of death | Nigeria | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1960–1961 | Tranmere Rovers | 13 | (8) |
| 1961– | Holyhead Town | ||
| National team | |||
| 1959–1961 | Nigeria | 11 | (11) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Elkanah Bollington Onyeali (died 11 August 2008) was a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a centre forward for Tranmere Rovers, scoring 8 goals in 13 games in the Football League during the 1960-61 season.[2] Onyeali was one of the first African players to play in England.[3] He also played for the Nigeria national team, scoring 11 goals in as many games between 1959 and 1961.[4]
Onyeali died in August 2008, aged 69.[5]
References
- ↑ "Onyeali, EB (Elkanah)", English National Football Archive
- ↑ "Tranmere Rovers: 1946/47 - 2009/10". Neil Brown. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ↑ Phil Vasili (30 May 2008). "The Occluded History of Black Footballers in Britain". Pitch Invasion. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
- ↑ Solaja, Kunle (26 April 2011). "Elkanah Onyeali, the unsung scorer". SuperSport. MultiChoice. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ↑ Nick Hilton (23 August 2008). "Death of a pioneering footballer". The Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
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