Former Accra Hearts of Oak and Inter Allies coach Herbert Addo is reportedly dead. He died at the 37 Military Hospital.
According to sources, the veteran coach had been at the 37 Military Hospitals over a week now after his health kept deteriorating.
The family is yet to officially announce the demise of the statesman.
He coached the Black Meteors (U23) (1981-82) and Black Satellites (U20) (1983-84) before graduating to the Black Stars (1983-86/87) and capping it off by winning the SWAG coach of the year award (1987).
Herbert Addo was a sports person and he engaged in multiple of sporting events while in school. He played squash to an international level, winning the British Junior Championships at the under 14 and 18 levels. Herbert also played Cricket to a very high level and was a good footballer as well, captaining the English Public schools from 1966 to 1967. Addo also played for a semi professional football club called Calshalton FC with the coach of England, Roy Hodgson.
Facts File
Herbert Addo was the first Ghanaian coach to win the WAFU club championship in 1982
He is the first Ghanaian coach to play in the final of the CAF Champions League in 1997, which was the maiden edition and his side Ashgold lost on penalties.
Herbert Addo is one of the two coaches to have won the Ghana Premier League with two different clubs, Hearts in 2002 and Aduana Stars in 2009/10, which is only matched by Emmanuel Afranie.
He is also one of the four coaches to win the Ghana premier League for at least two times, with only Jones Attuquafio winning more. -Addo won the league in his first season at Hearts of Oak in 2002
In 2003, Addo played a complete season without a defeat, becoming the first coach to do so, but unfortunately failed to win the league. In 1970 Olympics went unbeaten and subsequently won the league, however it was a novelty league.
He became the first coach to guide a newly promoted club (Aduana Stars) to a league triumph in 2009/10 and they also kept clean sheets in all the 15 home matches played, a record in Ghana league,
He became the first coach to guide a team to beat relegation after losing all their first 7 matches.
He took charge of Inter Allies on match day 6 and lost the 7th week game, however they pulled a great surprise by finishing 8 on the league log.
He also led Inter Allies to the final of the MTN FA Cup, but lost 2-1 in the extra time to Kotoko.
