Former Flying
Eagles goalkeeper Raymond King has passed away, aged 52.
He died on
Monday at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) after a brief
illness.
King was
last week reported to be down with partial stroke and memory loss, and was initially
admitted at the Ogun State General hospital Ijaye, Abeokuta.
He was subsequently
taken to the General hospital in Ikorodu, Lagos for further treatment but he
was transferred to Lagos State University Teaching Hospital where he breathed
his last.
King graduated
into the Flying Eagles of the 1979/80 set after his scintillating performances
while playing school football across the South West states of Nigeria. He made
his name playing for the Shooting Stars of Ibadan and was in goal during the
team’s 1984 campaign for the then CAF African Cup of Champions where the team
finished as runners-up to Zamalek of Egypt.
He later
left the Shooting Stars and joined the defunct Abiola Babes of Abeokuta with
whom he won the 1987 FA Cup title.
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