Isihlabani sebhola likanobhutshuzwayo Cedric Xulu
UThulani Cedric odume ngelika “Sugar Ray” Xulu, wazalwa ngomhlaka 19 Disemba 1939. USugar-Ray uhlala e-Clermont futhi ushadile unezingane ezintathu. Ababanga aphansi wawafunda e-Lutheran Lower Primary nase-Roman Catholic Higher Primary.Ababanga aphakemewawafunda e-Fannin (Ziphathele) High School naso-Ohlange High School (College) eNanda , wathola i-University Junior Certificate.
UThulani Cedric odume ngelika “Sugar Ray” Xulu, wazalwa ngomhlaka 19 Disemba 1939. U-Sugar-Ray uhlala eClermont futhi ushadile unezingane ezintathu. USugar-Ray wayefunda esikoleni esuka eLutheran Lower Primary; I-Roman Catholic Higher Primary; UFannin (Ziphathele) High School no-Ohlange High School (College) eNanda bathola isitifiketi se-University Junior Certificate.
USugar-Ray uqale ukudlala ibhola ezingeni lezimfunda makhwele, e-Clermont Home Defenders, wadlulela kwi-Junior Soccer ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-1950, wabe esedlala i-Senior Soccer kusuka ngo-1957 futhi wamela i-Durban – Natal kanye ne-South African XI’s. USugar-Ray wadlala ibhola elikhokhelayo ngemuva kwalokho ne-Avalon Athletic Football Club eThekwini, iMbabane Swallows e-Swaziland, i-Hammanskraal United, iZulu Royals / Amazulu Football Club. USugar-Ray uthathe umhlalaphansi ekudlaleni ibhola ngo-1983.
Yize esethathe umhlalaphansi ebholeni elikhokhelayo ngo-1983, uXulu usenalo uthando lwezemidlalo futhi unobudlelwano obuhle neqembu lakhe lakudala lebhola. Ufunde izifundo ze-SAFA (South African Football Association) Coaching Courses kusuka ngo-1993-1998 kanti amava akhe okuqeqesha ahlanganisa ukusebenzela i-Southern KwaZulu Natal Football Association njengo-Director of Coaching. Ubeyi-SAFA – National selector kuwo wonke amaqembu ezifundazwe. USugar-Ray umele iKomidi eliqondisa izigwegwe le-PSL (Professional Soccer League) eThekwini kanti njengamanje ungumqeqeshi we-Transnet U-14.
USugar-Ray uzitholele izindondo ezifana nalezi :
- Wazitholela i-Player of the Tournament at the Somtseu Road Sports Ground ngo-1966,
- Wazitholela i-The Presidential Sports Award wayinika owabe engumongameli wakuleli (Umhlonipheki uMongameli uThabo Mbeki) ngo-2001,
- Wahlonisha isifundazwe saKwaZulu Natali ngokusebenzisa isiteketiso segama lakhe ukuqamba inkundla yezemidlalo i-Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, i-multi-purpose stadium ese-Clermont, eThekwini.
- Watholai- Chairman’s Award ngo-2019 PSL Awards.
UXulu wedlula emhlabeni ngo Meyi 2020, eneminyaka engu-80.