Veteran footballer Syd Bartlett dies

Minister of Sports, Olivia Grange has expressed sadness of the death of Sydney Bartlett, one of Jamaica’s most celebrated footballers from the era of the fifties and sixties.



Bartlett died in New York on Saturday, after a long illness. He was 70.



Grange says Bartlett deserves to be remembered as a sporting icon for the unique talent he displayed on the football field.



Syddie Bartlett as he was popularly called, represented YMCA as captain in the Division One football league for many years and also represented Jamaica with distinction on numerous occasions.



For his sterling contribution to the sport, the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association in the ‘80s, named a competition in his honour, the Syd Bartlett League which is still active today.



Reacting to his death, Jamaica Football Federation President, Captain Horace Burrell, speaking from Dubai yesterday, said the memory of Syd Bartlett would remain forever.