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BREAKING: Popular Ex-Eagles star dies

Former Green Eagles star, Thompson Usiyan is dead. This newspaper gathered that he died from colon cancer on Tuesday morning in California, USA.

Usiyan was 65 at the time of his death.

He played as a forward in his active days. The Delta indigene holds the NCAA Division I career scoring record and played in the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League, American Soccer League and Continental Indoor Soccer League.

He was a member of the Nigerian Olympic soccer which boycotted the 1976 Olympics and made several appearances for the Nigerian national football team where he netted 14 Goals in 24 games between 1976 and 1981.

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