Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Black bụ BBC Sports Personality of the Year n'afọ 1958 mgbe ọ dị naanị afọ iri na asaa, ma bụrụkwa onye kacha bụrụ onye ntorobịa nwetara ihe nrite ahụ. O nwetara nsọpụrụ BBC site na mmeri ọla edo atọ na ihe omume 400- na 1500-mita freestyle, yana 200-mita urukurubụba, na 1958 European Championship
na Budapest, Hungary. N'otu afọ ahụ, ọ meriri ọla edo na ọlaọcha abụọ maka Scotland na 1958 British Empire na Commonwealth Games na Cardiff, Wales; ọla edo na urukurubụba 220-yard, ọlaọcha na 440-yard freestyle, na ọlaọcha na 4 × 220-yard freestyle relay.