Teslim Balogun
Tesilimi Olawale Ayinde "Teslim" Balogun (1927 - 30 Yuli 1972) ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne kuma kociyan Najeriya. Balogun ya taka leda a matakin ƙwararru da na duniya a matsayin ɗan wasan gaba, kafin ya zama ƙwararren mai horar da ƙwallon ƙafa na farko a Afirka.

Sana'ar wasa 
Ya yi karatu a Fatakwal kuma ya kammala karatunsa a Makarantar Katolika ta St. Mary’s,  Balogun ya buga wasa a kasarsa ta Najeriya don kungiyoyi da dama, ciki har da Apapa Bombers, Marine Athletics, UAC XI, Railways XI, Jos XI, Pan Bank Team, Dynamos Club da SCOA XI .  A lokacin da yake Najeriya, Balogun ya lashe kofin kalubale sau biyar a wasanni bakwai.  Shi ne dan wasa na farko da ya yi hat-trick a gasar, a gasar Pan Bank da ci 6–1 na Warri a 1953. 

Bayan ya fara rangadi tare da tawagar yan Najeriya a 1949, Balogun ya koma Birtaniya a watan Agusta 1955 don kulla yarjejeniya da Peterborough United .  Duk da haka, Balogun bai taba buga wasa ga Peterborough ba,  kuma ya shafe lokaci tare da Skegness Town kafin ya shiga tare da Queens Park Rangers, inda ya zira kwallaye 3 a wasanni 13 a gasar Kwallon kafa a lokacin kakar 1956-57.  Bayan barin QPR, Balogun ya koma wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ba na League, yana wasa tare da Holbeach United .

Balogun kuma ya kasance memba a kungiyar ta Najeriya tsawon shekaru 12.

Aikin koyarwa 
Balogun ya zama dan Afirka na farko da ya cancanci zama kwararren koci.  Ya kasance kocin Najeriya a gasar Olympics ta bazara a shekarar 1968 .

Gado 
An sanya sunan filin wasa na Teslim Balogun da ke birnin Lagos a Najeriya domin karrama shi.  An kafa gidauniyar Teslim Balogun Foundation ne bayan rasuwarsa domin ta taimaka wa iyalan tsoffin ‘yan wasan kwallon kafa na duniya wadanda watakila suka fada cikin mawuyacin hali.

Rayuwa ta sirri 
Ana yi wa Balogun lakabi da "Thunder" saboda harbin da ya yi mai karfi,  kuma ana kiransa da "Balinga" saboda irin wannan dalili.  A lokacin da yake zagayawa makarantu zuwa kocin matasa, ana yi masa lakabi da "Baba Ball." 

Balogun ya rasu ne a cikin barci a ranar 30 ga Yuli 1972, yana da shekaru 45.  Ya haifi 'ya'ya takwas.

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