As we all know, Apartheid dealt a big blow to the recognition of South African football globally, with both the Olympics & FIFA banning Apartheid South Africa from participating in international football from 1961 to 1992. And, unfortunately, ConIFA did not exist when South Africa was under Apartheid so individual South African tribes in the Bantustans or other homogenous tribal territories couldn't participate in international football. I consider the 1970s the "prime" of South African football because this is where legends like Jomo Sono, Abednigo Ngcobo, Cedric Xulu & Patrick Ntsoelengoe were in their prime. The likes of Zane Moosa & Fani Madida came later but didn't match the hype of the 70s legends in any case. Lesser known South African footballers While South Africa was banned from participating in AFCON, the World Cup & the Olympics, the South African Black XI did beat Argentina 5-0 in an invitational match which was testament to the level of...