Corcel Blair

Corcel Blair
Personal information
Date of birth (1950-09-26)26 September 1950
Place of birth Jamaica
Date of death 21 August 2008(2008-08-21) (aged 57)
Place of death Jamaica
Playing position Forward
Youth career
1966–1970 Vere Technical
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1974 Toronto Croatia
1975 Toronto Metros-Croatia 8 (0)
1975–1977 Santos F.C.
National team
1969–1974 Jamaica 6 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Corcel Blair (September 26, 1950 – August 21, 2008) was a Jamaican footballer who played in the National Soccer League, North American Soccer League, and National Premier League.

Career

Blair began his career in 1966 at the youth level with Vere Technical, where he won the daCosta Cup four times.In 1971, he went abroad to play in the National Soccer League with Toronto Croatia.[1] Throughout this tenure with Croatia he won the NSL Championship twice in 1971, and 1974. In 1975, he made the transition to the North American Soccer League, where he appeared in eight matches for the Toronto Metros-Croatia.[2] He returned to Jamaica in 1975 to play with Santos F.C. in the National Premier League, where he won four consecutive Premier League titles.

He died on August 21, 2008.[3]

International career

Blair made his debut for the Jamaica national football team on June 2, 1969 against Haiti.[4] In total he appeared in 6 matches and recorded 2 goals. He featured in the 1969 CONCACAF Championship qualification matches.

References

  1. ↑ "Corcel Blair". naslsoccer.blogspot.ca. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  2. ↑ "NASL-". www.nasljerseys.com. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  3. ↑ Online, Gleaner. "Jamaica Gleaner Online". old.jamaica-gleaner.com. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  4. ↑ "Corcel Blair". www.soccer-db.info. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
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