Daniel Anyiam

Daniel Amobi Amadi Anyiam was a Nigerian football player and coach who was the national football coach of the country from 1954 to 1956 and again from 1964 to 1965. Prior to training as a coach, he was a player and was the first captain of the Nigeria [national football team|national team] in 1949. He was also the first coach of the Enugu Rangers and was selector for the national team after the Nigerian Civil War.
A stadium in Owerri is named after him. He went to C.M.S. Central School, Nkwerre, Orlu, Etinan Institute, and Government Teacher's College, Calabar. He worked in the press offices of the West [African Pilot] briefly and then joined the staff of United [African Company of Nigeria PLC|U.A.C.] in Lagos where he also played football. He was U.A.C.'s captain when they won the 1950 Governor's Cup.