 In his decade in Charlton's first team, he was regarded as one of the team's most important players.This was recognised by three player of the year awards and in 2005 he was voted by fans as Charlton's greatest ever defender.Since retiring, Rufus, a born again Christian, has been involved with plenty of charity work, alongside friends and fellow Christian footballers Darren Moore and Linvoy Primus, as well as occasionally doing punditry work.