In this edition of Story Behind The Nickname, KickOff catches up with former Witbank Aces dangerman Richard Peer about his strange nickname for a footballer, "Cowboy".
Peers says winning the BobSave Super Bowl final was the biggest achievement in his football career, having memorably scored the only goal in that match from a free kick.
Who and where did you play?
"I was born in Pretoria in 1970. I have always lived in Pretoria. My first professional club, for a very short amount of time, was Wits University FC.
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"I was probably there for a few months when Terry Paine was the coach, and in 1991 I came back from America.
"And my high school coach Johnny Ferreira became the coach of Witbank Aces, the mighty Amazayoni.
"I enjoyed being there. I had a great time at Witbank Aces. I played with some fantastic players. We were there, we were so united. 1993 was a fantastic year at Witbank Aces. We got to the BP Top 8 final, only to lose 3-1 to Orlando Pirates.
"And in the same year, we got to the final of the BobSave Super Bowl, and as underdogs, we beat the mighty Kaizer Chiefs with Lucas Radebe as their captain, and I still remember him marking me all the time. What a player he was, and he eventually went to Leeds United. He is probably the best defender I have ever faced.
"I had three or four years at Witbank Aces. After that, SuperSport United came calling and I signed a three-year contract with them. In 2000, I went to AmaZulu for a year, and after a year we were relegated and that was the end of my football career."
What's your nickname?
"Cowboy"
Who gave it to you and why?
"I got my nickname at a very young age. Probably, I was in a nursery school, I was four years old. One day, the Pretoria News came to do a competition at our school where every child would sing a cowboy song that a teacher taught for about a week.
"They came with a cowboy outfit and every child had a chance to sing, and the winner was given a cowboy outfit by the newspaper, and since that day my best friend from the same nursery school decided to just call me Cowboy."
Did you like it?
"I loved the nickname, I'm so glad that in my lifetime people call me that."
Anyone that didn't use it?
"I don't have anyone in South Africa calling me Richard, everyone just calls me Cowboy. It's a nickname I cherish.
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"Living in England now for 14 years, nobody knows me as Cowboy here, I'm Richard here."
If you could relive it, what would you want your nickname to be?
"Wouldn't change Cowboy for anything, the biggest achievement of my life."