Corcel Blair Explained

Corcel Blair
Birth Date:26 September 1950
Birth Place:Jamaica
Death Place:Jamaica
Position:Forward
Youthyears1:1966–1970
Youthclubs1:Vere Technical
Years1:1971
Clubs1:Sudbury City
Years2:1972–1974
Clubs2:Toronto Croatia
Years3:1975
Clubs3:Toronto Metros-Croatia
Caps3:8
Goals3:0
Years4:1975–1977
Clubs4:Santos F.C.
Years5:1977
Clubs5:Sudbury Cyclones
Nationalyears1:1969–1974
Nationalteam1:Jamaica
Nationalcaps1:6
Nationalgoals1:2

Corcel Blair (26 September 1950 – 21 August 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 Sudbury City.[1] The following season he played with Toronto Croatia, where he assisted in securing the regular season title.[2] [3] Throughout this tenure with Croatia he won the NSL Championship in 1974, and another regular season title in 1973.

In 1975, he was recruited to play in the North American Soccer League, where he appeared in eight matches for the Toronto Metros-Croatia.[4] 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.[5] In 1977, he played in the Second Division of the National Soccer League with Sudbury Cyclones.[6] Sudbury released Blair from his contract in July, 1977 due to financial reasons.[7]

He made the transition to managing in 1980 with the Magic Athletic Club in the Toronto & District League.[8]

International career

Blair made his debut for the Jamaica national football team on 2 June 1969 against Haiti.[9] In total he appeared in 6 matches and recorded 2 goals. He featured in the 1969 CONCACAF Championship qualification matches.

Personal life

His son Corcel Blair, Jr. was the technical director for the Caribbean Selects in the Canadian Soccer League.[10] He died on August 21, 2008.[11]

References

  1. News: July 26, 1971. Croatia nips Hellas on a flying finish. 11. Toronto Daily Star.
  2. Web site: Corcel Blair. naslsoccer.blogspot.ca. 2017-10-21.
  3. Web site: July 16, 1973. Thumped. 2020-12-21. Newspapers.com. Ottawa Citizen. 17. en.
  4. Web site: NASL-. www.nasljerseys.com. 2017-10-21.
  5. Web site: Henderson. Jim. March 4, 1976. Smethurst Leads Indoor Rowdies. 2020-12-21. Newspapers.com. Tampa Tribune. 25. en.
  6. Web site: July 16, 1973. Tigers still unbeaten. 2020-12-21. Newspapers.com. Ottawa Journal. 23. en.
  7. News: July 15, 1977. Dagostino signed up by Cyclones. 13. Sudbury Star.
  8. News: McGill. Aldwyn. Aldwynable: Vintage Midget. 46. Stars Soccer Review.
  9. Web site: Corcel Blair. www.soccer-db.info. en-gb. 2017-10-21.
  10. News: Fanfair. Ron. March 16, 2006. Caribbean team will join CPSL's international league. Sharenews.
  11. Web site: Clarke. Orville. 31 August 2008. Funeral for Blair today. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171021195015/http://old.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080831/sports/sports5.html . 21 October 2017 . 4 February 2019. Jamaica Gleaner.