{"id":402069,"date":"2017-07-17T11:38:59","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T11:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/17\/baba-yara-a-ghanaian-soccer-legend-whose-career-was-cut-short\/"},"modified":"2017-07-17T11:38:59","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T11:38:59","slug":"baba-yara-a-ghanaian-soccer-legend-whose-career-was-cut-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/17\/baba-yara-a-ghanaian-soccer-legend-whose-career-was-cut-short\/","title":{"rendered":"Baba Yara, a Ghanaian soccer legend whose career was cut short"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Monday, 17 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Wikipedia<\/p>\n<p>2017-07-17<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/64261013.295.jpg\" alt=\"Baba Yara Oct\" title=\"Baba Yara Oct\" width=\"295\" height=\"412\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Baba Yara was born on 12th October, 1936<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1500291539_784_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"><b>Name:<\/b> Yara<\/p>\n<p><b>Other Names:<\/b> Baba<\/p>\n<p><b>Date of Birth:<\/b> 1936-10-12<\/p>\n<p><b>Place:<\/b> Kumasi, Ashanti<\/p>\n<p><b>Detailed Biography<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Baba Yara popularly called &#8216;King Winger&#8217; was one of Ghana\u2019s legends in football; a foremost player \u2013 voted twice as Ghana\u2019s Footballer of the Year as a result of his fantastic goal scoring skill.<\/p>\n<p>Yara\u2019s rise to fame was unprecedented as a result of his goal scoring skills; however, his football career was abruptly put to an end as a result of a car accident.<\/p>\n<p>Yara started out as a horse jockey player \u2013 as a youngster at the Accra Turf Club between 1950 and 1955. Asante Kotoko signed him in 1955, and after a few years, became the greatest footballer of his generation.<\/p>\n<p>He made his debut as a member of the Black Stars in 1955 in a match that saw Ghana put 7 past Nigeria at the Accra Sports Stadium. Baba scored 2 and assisted 4 of the goals. Yara was also a proud member of the 1961 Black Stars and won 51 caps for Black Stars, with 49 goals which is a lot of goals for a winger and was thus nicknamed \u2018King of Wingers\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Yara played active football from 1955-1963, and was voted Footballer of the year twice; the highest football accolade in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Baba Yara sustained a spinal injury in a motor accident at Kpeve in the Volta region on March 4, 1963; Yara\u2019s teams, Nkrumah\u2019s Real Republikans were returning to Accra after a league match against Volta Heroes at Kpandu when the accident happened. Yara\u2019s career was cut short tragically in his prime at the age of just 26.<\/p>\n<p>He was flown to Stoke Mandeville Hospital in the United Kingdom for treatment for a period of 3 months, but the young soccer hero only returned in a wheel chair.<\/p>\n<p>For 6 years, Baba Yara was bedridden, and eventually died after a very quiet life in a wheelchair. Yara died at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital on 5th May, 1969 at a tender age of 33.<\/p>\n<p>Kumasi Sports Stadium was named after Baba Yara on the April 12th of 2005 for his exceptional talent and immense contribution to Ghana football.<\/p>\n<p>The stadium remains Ghana\u2019s biggest sports stadium with over 60,000 seater capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Baba Yara was born on the 12th of October, 1936 in Kumasi, Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 49 updated by: 49 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Monday, 17 July 2017 Source: Wikipedia 2017-07-17 Baba Yara was born on 12th October, 1936 &#13; 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