However, this week I am privileged enough to profile a player who boasts a phenomenal International pedigree and a man who was a goal scorer of the highest calibre here on Lewis as well as on the other side of the Atlantic for an American national team.
Born in 1936, Kenny 'Lowan' Graham's first forays into football came as a youngster on the machair and crofts down in Back and it wasn't long before his obvious potential began to bring him attention.
His prowess in front of goal brought immediate success and his first trophies quickly arrived in the form of the Kemnay Cup when Kenny was part of the highly successful side who won three in a row in the late 1940s.
Kenny said: "I remember my debut for Back and it came before I had even joined the Nicolson. I was 13 and I remember they didn't have a goalie. I was always very big for my age so I went in goals and I was almost 6ft tall by this stage so was as big as most of the senior players on the pitch."
In 1952 Kenny was part of the Back side which won the junior league, and in the same year he was turning out for the Senior Back side and scored in the Eilean an Fhraoich Cup final.
Unfortunately Back lost the final 4 – 2, but the youngster was back in the final alongside his team mates in Blue the following year when they met Point again in the final, however, despite a hat-trick from Kenny's team mate Donald 'Samson' Macleod, Back again lost out.
Kenny added: "I went into Nicolson Institute and was captain between 1949 and 1952. I was junior sports champion in 1951 and was also North of Scotland Junior Sports Champion which was an honour I earned in Inverness.
"In 1952 I was Nicolson Senior Sports Champion and in same year broke Scottish Schooboys' records in what were then the 440 and 880 yard dashes."
It is clear that the sports mad youngster was an amazing all round athlete and although he admits he could 'run like a deer' as he said, football was his first and only real true love.
In 1953 he was called up to the Lewis Select and played as what was then the youngest ever player at the tender age of 17.
"In all I played a good few times for the Select and I remember playing against against Morton, Celtic Reserves and also scoring against Inverness Caley," he recalled.
Kenny also played in a testimonial match for 'Bobby' Martin of Lochs who tragically died while on a club outing in Ness in 1953. Kenny continued his trend of scoring in almost every game and on every big occasion he was selected for as he scored a goal in the Town vs Country Select match. Kenny represented the Town Select as he was still a schoolboy at the time.
He added: "I also captained a Highland team of schoolboys in 1953. We went to Glasgow to play a junior Airdrie side at Broomfield. It was a great honour to be named as captain for the whole region of boys who made up our team.
"I remember they had a guy named Iain Macmillan playing for them who went to play for Rangers and Scotland and I played him off the park that day. I was at least at the level he was at."
Kenny signed up for the Air Force but this sadly shut the door on a possible move to Glasgow Rangers, yet as that door shut little did he know the opportunities which awaited him as another footballing door opened.
"In 1955 I was called up to the USA Olympic Team which was then represented by the US Armed Forces Team.
"I was called in for US draft but on my information forms I explained that I was in talks with Glasgow Rangers to perhaps become a pro footballer.
"They didn't know who Rangers were, but at that time they were looking for soccer players so I was drafted in."
Kenny's two coaches in the American squad were George Ainsley (former England International) and Fritz Walter (who had won the World Cup with Germany in 1954).
"I was selected as captain which of course was a terrific honour. We played in Helsinki against Finland and lost 5 – 3 and we lost to the same score line in Istanbul against Turkey. Although I scored in both games we didn't qualify from our groups and therefore didn't make the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. In those days you had to qualify and weren't just invited like nowadays," revealed Kenny.
The chance to play for Rangers under Bill Struth was one which Kenny admits he was interested in but his draft into the Air Force provided many memorable experiences.
He continued: "While with the US side we played in Berlin among other places and also against Peterborough. In fact, I also played a few games for Peterborough when I was stationed in England. I think we played something like 20 games with the US team."
After leaving the services in 1958 Kenny was awarded a full scholarship at Michigan University which meant his studies were all paid for.
In 1961 Kenny's talents on the football field elevated his status still further when he became a first team All American in Soccer.
"That is a great honour and one which in America is held in as high regard as the Olympics if not higher," he revealed.
Upon graduation he went on to play for professional sides on a part-time basis in Milwauke and Chicago before giving up football in 1963 to concentrate on his work. However, had his former national team coach and great friend George Ainsley had his way then Kenny would have been back in Britain plying his trade at Elland Road.
"George Ainsley told me he wanted me to sign for Leeds United but when my scholarship ended I wanted to concentrate on my work as I had business opportunities as well. Football also didn't provide the sort of living it does now as well," he explained.
With several close family members still living on Lewis, Kenny has maintained his links to the isles and is an occasional visitor to Hebridean shores.
"I was up in Lewis two years ago as I still have family and friends there and I can still remember some players of that time.
"John 'Hoddan' Macdonald, the Point defender was a great player and the Smith brothers from Aths were also very good, but I can't remember everyone's names I'm afraid.
"I was totally devoted to football. The game could do nothing wrong as far as I was concerned. As long as I could play it didn't matter if I was playing for Back, the School or for the USA, all I wanted was to play with good players.
"I think it helped that I was a good athlete and could run like a deer," added Kenny.
Colin Jose of the National Soccer Hall of Fame confirmed Kenny's place in US soccer history saying: "Kenny Graham was in the U.S. Air Force stationed in Europe in 1956. There were a lot of young Americans in the Armed Forces, with little or no knowledge of soccer, and the U.S. Armed Forces especially in Europe thought it would be great exercise for them to play soccer.

"So Lt. Gen. William H. Tunner, commander-in-chief of the U.S. Forces, Europe ordered that there would be a base level soccer team at every station under his command.
"As a result he hired a man named George Ainsley, a top English F.A. coach to co-ordinate Air Force soccer in Europe and principally to see that the game was played properly and in an organized manner at every base.
"In addition plans were then being made to organize a U.S. Armed Forces - Europe soccer team to take part in the annual Conseil International du Sport Militaire in the spring of 1956 from Army and Air Force personnel with training directed by Ainsley at Wiesbaden, Germany. This squad began a series of regional play offs on February 22 of that year with games between Turkey, Holland and the U.S. leading to the championship being held in Lisbon, Portugal from April 1 to 8, 1956."