Christian Ohiri

Christian Ludger Ohiri (19 June 1938 – 7 November 1966) was a Nigerian athlete and association football player. He competed in the men's triple jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Ohiri is regarded as one of Harvard's most talented athletes, having been inducted to the Harvard Athletics Hall of Fame in 1988. He is also considered among the greatest soccer players in Ivy League history.

Before playing at Harvard, Ohiri had previously played for the Nigeria Olympic football team, scoring two goals in the African qualifiers for the 1960 Olympics held in Rome.

He died of cancer in 1966, (The specific type of cancer is not clear, with some sources stating it was leukemia and others saying Ohiri died from lung cancer.) Moreover, the Harvard soccer stadium was named "Ohiri Field" in 1983. while teammate John Thorndike stated that "he could've played on any team in the world."