#4547: Haitian-American Soccer Hero (fwd)

[Robert Corbett <bcorbett@netcom.com>]

From: Henry F. Chip Carey <polhfc@langate.gsu.edu>

On NPR's Weekend Edition, Saturday, there is a moving report (see www.npr.org for audio feed) on the 1950 World Cup match, England's first, in which the US shocked the world with with a 1-0 victory.  (The US press ignored this incredible upset).  The US player who scored the only and winning goal was a Haitian-American.  Sadly, he returned to Haiti for a visit to see his family at some point.  His brother was anti-Duvalier.  When the soccer star was visiting, he was arrested and tortured to death because of his family connection.

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