Posted: 2012-03-13 23:10
Former Nigeria international Amusa Shittu died in Lagos on Tuesday at the age of 75 after failing to recover from stroke.
Shittu, who was called 'The Bulldozer' in his playing days, was one of the greatest players to come out of Nigeria.
Born in 1937 in Jos, Plateau State of Yoruba parentage, Shittu began his career with Plateau and Northern Region XI.
He got his first international call-up to the then Red Devils in 1959, alongside great talents like Teslim Balogun, Dejo Fayemi, Olu Onagoruwa, Jide Johnson, Monday Sinclair, Cyril Nwajei, Godwin Etemeke, Asuquo Ekpe and Peter Amaechina.
Such was the talent in the squad that he only made his debut a year later, on 10 September 1960, when he played in Nigeria