David Motsamai was a wealthy Soweto bootlegger and businessman (known as "Oom Day") whose identity Nelson Mandela adopted as an alias in 1962 to evade arrest while traveling for Umkhonto weSizwe activities. Motsamai was a supporter and 1961 patron of Orlando Pirates Football Club and a founding member of the National Professional Soccer League. Mandela, a prominent Lawyer in the 1950s, previously represented Motsamai. When traveling through Africa and returning to South Africa in 1962, Mandela used a passport under the name David Motsamayi (or Motsamai). Mandela and Motsamai shared the same birth date (July 18th) but were born eight years apart (Mandela in 1918 and Motsamai in 1910). Motsamai maintained a "nouveau riche" status that allowed him to operate successfully despite apartheid restrictions. Motsamai was also a founding member of the National Professional Soccer League’s (NPSL). Credit: Drum Archives, SAHO, IOL, Jeff Ramsay
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