Career
Balogun played at both professional and international levels as a striker, before becoming Africa"s first qualified professional football coach. Playing career
Balogun played in his native Nigeria for a number of teams, including Apapa Bombers, Marine Athletics, UAC XI, Railways XI, Jos XI, Pan Bank Team, Dynamos Club and SCOA XI. He was the first player to have a hat-trick in the competition, in Pan Bank"s 6-1 rout of Warri in 1953. After originally touring with a Nigerian select team in 1949, Balogun returned to the United Kingdom in August 1955 to sign with Peterborough United.
However, Balogun never made a league appearance for Peterborough, and spent time with Skegness Town before signing with Queens Park Rangers, scoring 3 goals in 13 appearances in the Football League during the 1956-1957 season.
After leaving QPR, Balogun returned to non-League football, playing with Holbeach United. Coaching career
Balogun became the first African to qualify as a professional coach.
He was a coach for Nigeria at the 1968 Summer Olympics. The Teslim Balogun Stadium in the Nigerian city of Lagos is named in his honour.
The Teslim Balogun Foundation was founded after his death to assist the families of Nigerian ex-international football players who may have fallen on hard times.