Tusi se faʻaauau mo lenei palakalafa - O Black o le BBC Sports Personality of the Year i le 1958 i le na o le 17 ona tausaga, ma o loʻo avea pea ma tagata pito i laitiiti na manumalo i le faʻailoga. Na ia mauaina le mamalu o le BBC e ala i le manumalo i pine auro e tolu i le 400- ma le 1500-mita freestyle, faapea foi ma le 200-mita butterfly, i le 1958 European Championships
i Budapest, i Hanikeri. I le tausaga lava lea e tasi, na ia manumalo ai foʻi i se auro ma ni pine siliva se lua mo Sikotilani i le 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games i Cardiff, Wales; auro i le 220-yard butterfly, siliva i le 440-yard freestyle, ma siliva i le 4 × 220-yard freestyle relay.