Harriers before moving back to North America. In 1957, he played for Windsor Corinthians and was again selected to Ontario's Essex All-Stars to face a touring English team, Tottenham Hotspur, on 22 May. Personal life While in Chicago, Heron met Bobbie Scott, a singer, with whom he had a son in 1949, Gil Scott-Heron, who became a famed poet and musician. They separated when Heron left for Scotland and did not meet again until Scott-Heron was 26. Heron had three more children with his wife Margaret Frize (deceased), whom he met while in Glasgow, Scotland: Gayle, Denis and his youngest child Kenneth, who was killed in Detroit. His older brother, Roy Trevor Gilbert Heron, served with the Norwegian Merchant Navy during World War II and then joined the Canadian army, later moving to Canada, where he became active in black Canadian politics. At Celtic he earned the nicknames "The Black Arrow" and "The Black Flash". While living in Glasgow, he played cricket with leading local clubs such as Poloc. He later became a published poet, with one of his works, "The Great Ones", describing leading players from his time playing football in Scotland. Heron died in Detroit of a heart attack on 27 November 2008, aged 86. References External links Giles Heron, The Celtic Wiki. Retrieved 2 June 2011 http://www.jaweb2.com/jaalumni/stgc/fball3.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2009/01/090108_heron.shtml 1922 births 2008 deaths Sportspeople from Kingston, Jamaica Jamaican footballers Jamaican expatriate footballers Jamaica international footballers Celtic F.C. players Third Lanark A.C. players Scottish Football League players Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players North American Soccer Football League players Detroit Wolverines (soccer) players Expatriate soccer players in Canada Expatriate soccer players in the United States Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Scotland Association football forwards Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in Canada Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in the United States Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in England Royal Canadian Air Force personnel of World War II Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in Scotland