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Nigerian footballer (1931–1972)

Tesilimi Olawale Ayinde "Teslim" Balogun (27 March 1931 – 30 July 1972) was a Nigerian football player and coach. Balogun played at both professional and international levels as a striker, before becoming Africa's first qualified professional football coach.

Playing career

Educated in Port Harcourt and graduating from St. Mary's Catholic School,^[3] Balogun played in his native Nigeria for a number of teams, including Apapa Bombers, Marine Athletics, UAC XI, Railways XI, Jos XI, Pan Bank Team, Dynamos Club and SCOA XI.^[4] During his time in Nigeria, Balogun won the Challenge Cup a total of five times in seven finals.^[4] He was the first player to score a hat-trick in the competition, in Pan Bank's 6–1 rout of Warri in 1953.^[5]

After originally touring with a Nigerian select team in 1949, Balogun returned to the UK in August 1955 to sign with Peterborough United.^[6] H