Dr leepile taunyane biography of william hill
Dr leepile taunyane biography of william hill
Obituary of a well-known doctor in the community.
Obituary: Leepile Taunyane - Educator and soccer executive
LEEPILE Taunyane, who has died at the age of 84, was a legendary football administrator, school principal and civic activist.
He played a leading role in the professionalisation of black soccer, which led to the formation of the National Premier Soccer League in
This was led somewhat dictatorially by George Thabe, who was criticised for imposing the government's race policies too dogmatically on the game.
When members lost faith in his leadership they formed the avowedly anti-apartheid National Soccer League in the mids and asked Taunyane, vice president of the SA National Football Association from to and president of the Transvaal Football Association from to , to manage it.
Rampant egos, conflicting agendas and corruption made it a challenging job.
Taunyane pulled it off to widespread acclaim, probably the only person in the local professional game at the time with the vision, wisdom, integrity and people skill