Gary Player: I helped break apartheid in sport
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ต.ค. 2024
- Gary Player shares his role in ending apartheid in sport, inviting Lee Elder to play in a PGA tournament in South Africa and the subsequent U.S. backlash he received in 1970 at a tournament in Dayton, Ohio.
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the big question is .. why didnt he fight for PAPWA Sewgolum ??? because Papwa was the best and gary felt threatened because he lost to a caddy
So true . He lost to Papwa so many times . Hear all the stories about windsor and all the courses that he lost on
Im white, i took my best friend who is black and had never been to a golf tournament to the GGO in the early eighties. We were standing by the tee waiting on Gary Player. He walked to the tee, looked over at us standing all alone. He then walked over and shook our hand and said thanks for coming. Unbelievable, never had anyone do that. And I believed it was because of the politics in South Africa. It was awesome!
Love how he’s spoke about apartheid ONLY after apartheid was abolished for years.
It is really sad to see that Gary Player did not utter a word about Papwa Sewgolum who beat him. Player says he approached the then Apartheid Prime Minister B.J. Voster to allow a black golfer to play in South Africa to which Voster agreed.
But Gary Player did not utter a word of releasing the Great Papwa Sewgolum from the bonds of Apartheid to play in South Africa as a mormal golfer.
A hand-chosen black player whom they knew wouldn't beat him. Gary Player is a racist liar!!
Gary Player was a incredible golfer. Pity he is not the most humble man. His favourite word is "I".Dale Hayes also a South African professional golfer put it best,"Gary Player is the best golfer that South Africa has ever produced. We just wish he would stop telling us all." Great player and human just wish he could see his humility made people prefer Jack or Arnold.
Ask Gary Player about how the Indian guy beat him in a tournament, and how they presented him the trophy through the window in pouring rain while Gary was having a nice cup of tea inside.
This arrogant clown talks about how hard it was for him to compete. The shit they put Papwa and Tshabalala through was disgusting, yet, they still managed to triumph. It's crazy how deluded Player is to think his trials were the be and end all. There is evidence that shows Player brought these protests on himself, by being racist.
He made his money from apartheid but when he saw thing where changing channges his chunes
Heard about this many times
What about “Sewsunker "Papwa" Sewgolum”? Google him.
Exactly! He did nothing for Papwa! - Gary Player the chameleon! In his 1966 book Grand Slam Golf, Player wrote at the age of 30, “I must say now, and clearly, that I am of the South Africa of Verwoerd and apartheid”.
Gary Player will without doubt be regarded as one of the golfing greats. His 'breaking of apartheid in sports' starement,however, is questionable. He does not acknowledge black golfers in SA, who played the game as early as the mid-40's. I really wonder how he protested when Papwa beat him and received his trophy through a window in the pouring rain. I wonder how he felt when Papwa was ostricised and marginalised of the sport he loved so much by the apartheid regime and died a broken man at the age of just 48. If there is a story of a hero, let it be told of Papwa.
Wow. I never knew this. It seems like he's trying to rewrite his own history?
According to Gary Player, Gary Player also cured cancer, invented the internal combustion engine and won the noble prize
Man this guy love to talk about himself
Talks rubbish to
But that is what he was called to do
Realy great interview Graham. Gary Player is an ICON. Got to meet and talk with him for a bit in Hawaii at Turtle Bay. A very wise man who I could listen to for hours on end. The tournament was actually in 1969 at NCR which he should of won... losing by one stroke to Ray Floyd because of disorderly spectator agitators. Gary Player is a Great Man!
Never come across a top sportsman that is soooo full of themselves!! Would have no idea what humble means!!
I heard he invented the internet too
He told me the same thing
Nah, mate, that was Al Gore.
This is a bullshit interview. Player was a great golfer but he did nothing to bring down apartheid. What brought down Apartheid was the rugby and cricket boycotts and the the economic boycott of south african goods - Player did nothing towards any of those campaigns
Graham is a very good interviewer.
It was mostly in South of United States they had segration
Player did nothing for aparthied... Next thing he cured cancer
Honest as the day is long a brilliant person
I must support what Gary is referring to, “brain washing by government”. Lack of exposure leads to following this nonsense. Only when you realize what you being persuaded to follow through seeing a free society can you turn your back on such policy. Look what’s still happening today in SA, this is fear and lack of travel / exposure. Remember, the SA Nats government even controlled media and we had no TV. It no excuse, just a reality. How great would SA be today if it used all the people to build rather than keep their knowledge restricted. And so should USA take advantage of all its people. What a scar on white society that others have not been equal in all of time. Can you imagine the impact Mandela could have had if he helped unite all peoples of SA in the sixties.
Gary Player comes off as quite sanctimonious and self satisfied in this interview. This guy gives me a bad vibe.
He does so in every interview you hear of his.
Gary Player is a hero
Gary Player and Arnold Palmer were probably the two biggest ambassadors of golf. IMO
Gary Player a Hero? Man, Player did not utter a word to release the great golfer Papwa Sewgolum from the bonds of Apartheid to allow Papwa to play in South Africa as a normal golfer. Papwa beat Gary Player in South Africa. Papwa also won the Dutch Open 3 times.
Had Papwa not been strangled by the then South African government he would have definitely been a greater golfer than Gary Player.
Lies