Tales of the Legends – ‘Legs of Thunder’ muted … RIP – Siegfried Hage ‘Khulu’ Geingob

He came, saw and bossed local football pitches with thunderous, breathtaking goals.

The brother went by the Christian name of Siegfried Hage Geingob, commonly known as ‘Khulu’ or ‘Legs of Thunder’.

Your typical old-fashioned centre forward, the highly competitive, strongly built attacker made it his soul beat to mesmerise and terrorise robust defenders with sheer strength, speed and shooting from tight angles.

Proudly peddling on the clan name of his famous uncle, the late Namibian commander-in-chief Dr Godfried Hage Geingob, Khulu was a beast on the football field.

Tellingly, whereas Hage Sir was a fearless, hard-tackling fullback who stopped marauding strikers in their tracks during his time as a no-nonsense defender for Etosha Lions, Khulu dealt decisively with robust markers on the opposing end of the field.

A fantastic goal-scoring machine, the speedy forward will be best remembered for his thunderous long-range pile drivers that left many a goalkeeper with fractured fingertips.

A hot potato to handle, the razor-sharp net-rattler instilled fear in opposing defenders with his never-say-die attitude and knack for scoring unexpected goals out of nothing.