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I mentioned big Cyrille in a post very recently. I was making the point then that players from non-league can rise and reach the very top.

 

Cyrille was a man of honour and integrity. He was hard working and a credit to his profession. He did not let any of the racist chants affect him and it is because of his determination to succeed that the path for other black players was a little easier.

 

No age at all, condolences to his family.

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Sad news. I saw him once at a Vale game when he was scouting us. I think it was during the 1997 play off push. I got him to autograph one of my unused vouchers in my season ticket book.

 

I also remember Rudgie making an approach to him after Coventry gave him a free. He ended going to Villa instead and Big Ron took the **** out of us in the press for trying to sign him.

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So sad to hear of Cyrille’s untimely passing. He played in a time when racism was rife, not only on the terraces but in the Boardrooms also. Yet his dignity always shone to the fore despite the vitriol aimed at him and other black players of the time. Incidentally, he also appeared in an advert for, I think, Heineken lager when playing non league football for Hayes ! You shall be missed, but not forgotten.

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I also remember Rudgie making an approach to him after Coventry gave him a free. He ended going to Villa instead and Big Ron took the **** out of us in the press for trying to sign him.

 

I'm glad it wasn't my defective memory because I remember that too. We could have been mourning Cyrille as a Vale legend as well.

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