Steve Mokone

Steve Mokone
Personal information
Full name Stephen Madi Mokone
Date of birth (1932-03-23)23 March 1932
Place of birth Doornfontein, South Africa
Date of death 19 March 2015(2015-03-19) (aged 82)
Place of death Washington, D.C., USA
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Pretoria Home Stars
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1957 Coventry City 4 (1)
1957–1959 Heracles (15)
1959 Cardiff City 3 (1)
1959–1960 Barcelona 0 (0)
1960Marseille (loan) 0 (0)
1960–1961 Torino 0 (0)
1961–1962 Valencia 0 (0)
1963 Hamilton Steelers
1964 Sunshine George Cross 15 (10)
International career
1948–1964 South Africa Black XI
Managerial career
1963 Hamilton Steelers
1964 Sunshine George Cross
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen Madi Mokone OIG (23 March 1932 – 19 March 2015) was a South African footballer who was the first black South African player to play in a professional European league.

He was nicknamed The Black Meteor and Kalamazoo.