CHARLES KUMI GYAMFI (C.K Gyamfi): 4 December 1929 – 2 September 2015.

Born in Accra to Nana Kumi Bredo I, chief of Okoroase-Akuapem and Diana Dodoowa Dodoo of Otublohum-Accra, Charles Kumi Gyamfi began playing football when he enrolled at the Junior School at Okoroase in 1936.Though,he was only seven, his special talent in the game soon became noticeable and he became an integral part of the School team and played regularly among boys who were much bigger and taller than him.

In 1944, his family moved to Accra and due to his prowess in football, Ataa Nii Katoe, the then coach of Accra Royal School football team persuaded the headmaster to admit C.K Gyamfi at Accra Royal School at the time when admission had closed and there was indeed no vacancy. After playing for the junior team, C K Gyamfi skipped the intermediate team and join the senior team because his skills and general performance were considered to be above that level. It was at that time that he became very enthusiastic about football because he was privileged to play for Accra Royal against other schools in very competitive matches.

In one of such matches, C K was spotted by officials of Noble Arrics, the junior team of Great Argonauts and was coaxed to play his first club football for the Accra club.

After completing school in 1947, C K moved to Koforidua in the Eastern Region of Ghana to work for A.G Leventis, over there, he joined the Sailors Football Club in 1948 and after excelling in a match against Cape Coast Mysterious Abusua Dwarfs at Koforidua, he was persuaded to join Abusua Dwarfs which was a much bigger club than Sailors. In early 1949, C K played for Abusua Dwarfs against Kumasi Asante Kotoko at the Old Fadama Park in Accra and his exploits compelled Kotoko officials to seek his services. Thus, he moved to Kumasi in 1949 and worked for CFAO while playing for Kotoko.

In 1951, C K was among the Gold Coast XI team that toured England and Ireland. on the tour, the barefooted Gold Coast team scored a total of 25 goals and C K accounted for 11 of them.

He returned to Accra and played for Accra Hearts of Oak where he chalked many successes with the club, including winning the Tate and Lyle, and the League Cups in 1958. C K Gyamfi was the captain when the Senior National Soccer team was named "Black Stars" in 1959-precursors to the Black Stars:Gold Coast XI (before independence) and Ghana XI (after independence).

In 1960, after playing for the national team against the visiting Fortuna Dusseldorf team from Germany, the German team offered C K the opportunity for a professional football career, making the first African professional Footballer in Germany and the second Ghanaian professional Footballer after Arthur Watson.the fans of Fortuna Dusseldorf nicknamed him "Tunda Vita" which means Thunder Weather, due to his shooting power.

In 1961, C K was called back home to help in shaping the Black Stars. he became the assistant national coach, helping the Hungarian Joseph Ember. In 1962 Ember left and the mantle fell on C K to prepare the Black Stars for the African Cup of Nations which Ghana would host the following year.His first major assignment was the Uhuru Cup in Kampala to usher in Uganda's independence, The Black Stars won the trophy and followed it up with the West African Gold Cup in that same year.

In 1963, C K won Ghana's first African Cup of Nations with the Black Stars and defended the trophy in 1965

In 1982 C K Gyamfi won the third African Cup of Nations with the Black Stars, making him the first African coach to have won the trophy three times.

In Somalia, C K guided the Municipal Club to win their first league title in 1983 and retained the title the following year. Impressed by his performance, the Somali Football Federation put him in charge of their Under 21 National team. Between 1988–1991 he won the Kenyan football league twice with the AFC Leopards.In 1993,C K then pitched tent with Obuasi Goldfields and supervised the team to win the first professional league in Ghana. He retired from active coaching after the league triumph and was appointed a Technical Instructor for CAF in 1994. He also served on the FIFA Technical Committee from 1998 to 2002.

In 1999, C K Gyamfi was enstooled as the chief of Okoroase-Akuapem, with his stool name Nana Gyamfi Kumi I.

In 2005, The Government of Ghana named the Winneba Sports College after Charles Kumi Gyamfi. 

In 2007,He won the African Order of Merit Achievement Award as well as the CAF Legend Award in 2015.