By Ayeotan Shola
Nigeria’s first ever national goal keeper, Sam Ibiam has died at the age of 90.
Ibiam, who was born in 1925 in Ebonyi State was the Nigerian goalkeeper for the UK selected team that toured the United Kingdom in 1949.
Family sources say the late Ibiam who was the Nigerian goalkeeper for the team that played against the United Kingdom in 1949, died yesterday December 2nd after a brief illness.
Ibiam popularly known as ‘The Black Magnet’ or ‘The Cat’, played for the first Nigeria senior national team known as the Red Devils.
Ibiam, who was born in 1925 in Ebonyi State was the Nigerian goalkeeper for the UK selected team that toured the United Kingdom in 1949.
Pa Ibiam was among the 18 Nigerian footballers who embarked on a tour of England in August 1949.
