Wednesday, 23 March 2016

The Man That was a Goal Machine

UPDATE 7 July 2016: After filling some gaps especially on the 1988 records, it has emerged that Sammy Onyango "Jogoo" is probably the all time leading scorer with 91 goals in all competitions with Hesbon Omollo and Allan Thigo on 84 goals. However Hesbon continues to be the more prolific of the three if you take into account the number of years he played for K'Ogalo.
Hesbon Omollo is probably the all time leading scorer for Gor Mahia in competitive games with about 83 goals. After going for 3 years without winning the league, Gor Mahia were in need of an extra-ordinary goal getter to replace the fading stars of the 70s and his first season in 83, he top scored for Gor Mahia with 18 goals to fire them to the first of three consecutive league titles. He also captained them to the famous CECAFA triumph over arch rivals AFC Leopards in Khartoum in 1985.  With the set-up of the modern game where big time players are not expected to stay in the local league for years, it will take someone extra ordinary to match Hesbon's feat. The following is a summary of Hezzie's goals.


Year
Premier League
FA Cup
CAF
CECAFA
Total
1983
18




18
1984

23


4
27
1985

14


1
15
1986

15
1

2
18
1987

4
1


5
Total

74
2

7
83

There are some titbits about Hesbon's goals before I give you a full list of his goals.

- Scored 3 Hattricks in competitive games for Gor Mahia (Kenatco, Kahawa and Cannons)
- Scored 13 braces in competitive games
- Despite scoring against 35 clubs, he never scored against AFC Leopards (maybe why he is not necessarily part of Gor folklore)
- Scored most number of goals against Kisumu Posta and Kahawa (6) followed by Transcom and KTM(5)
- Was never on the losing side in a competitive game that he scored a goal




The Goals in detail

Date

Club
# of goals
Final Score
Competition
27 March 1983
KTM
1
3-1
League
02 April 1983
Nakuru Wanderers
1
4-1
League
10 April 1983
Benham
1
4-1
League
23 April 1983
Kisumu Posta
2
4-1
League
29 April 1983
Imara United
1
1-1
League
30 April 1983
Bata Bullets
1
4-0
League
23 May 1983
Kahawa
1
2-0
League
12 June 1983
Transcom
1
3-0
League
18 June 1983
Pan Paper
1
2-0
League
03 July 1983
Motcom
1
3-0
League
07 July 1983
Kahawa
1
3-1
League
21 July 1983
Imara United
1
1-1
League
04 September 1983
Re Union
1
2-1
League
01 October 1983
Kenatco
3
3-0
League
08 October 1983
Pan Paper
1
2-1
League
24 January 1984
Hillal El-Obeid (Sudan)
2
3-0
CECAFA
26 January 1984
Printing Agency (Somali)
2
3-0
CECAFA
17 March 1984
Benham
1
4-1
League
23 March 1984
Lake Warriors
1
3-1
League
14 April 1984
Nzoia
2
4-0
League
07 May 1984
Transcom
1
4-0
League
12 May 1984
Rivatex
1
5-3
League
09 June 1984
Kisumu Posta
1
4-2
League
13 June 1984
Kahawa
3
3-0
League
20 June 1984
Cannons
3
5-1
League
02 July 1984
Scarlet
1
3-0
League
21 July 1984
Motcom
1
3-1
League
22 July 1984
Kisumu Hotstars
1
2-1
League
27 August 1984
Cannons
1
3-0
League
7 October 1984
Re Union
2
3-2
League
20 October 1984
KTM
1
3-0
League
17 November 1984
Cargo
1
4-1
League
25 November 1984
Kisumu Hotstars
2
5-1
League

El Merreikh
1
2-1
CECAFA
30 March 1985
Kisumu Posta
1
3-0
League
01 May 1985
Scarlet
1
1-1
League
12 May 1985
Baruti
1
2-0
League
08 June 1985
Rivatex
1
4-1
League
15 June 1985
Nzoia
1
2-0
League
14 July 1985
Shabana
1
3-1
League
17 July 1985
Maziwa
1
3-1
League
10 August 1985
KTM
2
4-1
League
21 October 1985
Kisumu Posta
2
3-0
League
11 November 1985
Motcom
1
5-0
League
20 November 1985
Nakuru Police
1
2-0
League
07 December 1985
Mombasa Wanderers
1
1-0
League
18 January 1986
Wagad (Somalia)
2
3-0
CECAFA
15 February 1986
Bata Bullets
1
5-2
League
23 February 1986
Shabana
1
3-1
League
08 March 1986
Kitale FC
2
7-0
League
22 March 1986
Kahawa
1
1-1
League
23 March 1986
Blue Triangle
1
4-0
League
28 March 1986
Transcom
2
5-0
League
24 May 1986
Nzoia
1
1-1
League
28 June 1986
Shabana
2
4-1
League
6 July 1986
Transcom
1
3-1
League
20 July 1986
Kahawa
1
2-1
League
14 September 1986
Motcom
1
1-0
League
01 October 1986
KTM
1
3-0
League
08 November 1986
Breweries
1
1-0
Moi Golden
31 January 1987
Meru Bombers
2
6-1
League
24 October 1987
Kisumu Breweries
1
3-1
Moi Golden
15 November 1987
Busia Simba
1
2-0
League
28 November 1987
Volcano United
1
4-0
League

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