Death
On April 27, 1993, the Zambia national team traveled to Senegal for the first of their 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification games in the group stage. The team's mode of transportation was a Zambian Air Force plane. After refueling in Libreville, Gabon, the plane developed problems and plunged into the sea. Thirty people on board including Michael Mwape, the president of the FAZ, Chitalu and eighteen players died in the accident.
Godfrey Chitalu Road in Lusaka is named after Chitalu. In December 2012, Kabwe Warriors announced plans to rename the Railways Stadium as the "Godfrey ‘Ucar’ Chitalu 107 Stadium," as well as erect a statue in his honour.
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“On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend’s life also, in our own, to the world.”
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