Sam Henshaw Ibiam Nigeria’s first national team goalkeeper, dead at 90

Nigeria’s first national team goalkeeper, Sam Henshaw Ibiam, is dead.Pa Ibiam passed on at the age of 90 on  December 2, 2015 at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Umuahia, AbiaState.

The legend, who hailed from Unwana, Ebonyi State, had a flourishing football career that spanned three de­cades, among which is a 15-year stint with the national team.

In 1949, he was the goalkeeper of the first national foot­ball team that toured the United Kingdom, playing nota­ble English teams like Liv-erpool FC. The team eventually metamorphosed to Green Eagles after the nation’s Inde­pendence.

Sam Henshaw Ibiam was Nigeria’s shot stopper until 1962 when he made his final appearance for the national team.

See Photos of pa ibiam on pitch and in his old age:

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