Legendary Footballer and Broadcaster Lindy Delapenha Dies
Jamaican sportsman and television broadcaster, Lindbergh ‘Lindy’ Delapenha, the legendary has died.
Delapenha reportedly passed away on Thursday morning at his St Andrew home.
He was an old boy of the prestigious boys’ school Munro College in Jamaica where he was a football player and the first Jamaican to play professional football in England.
He served with the British Armed Forces in the Middle East after World War II.
He later moved back to Jamaica in 1964 where he played cricket for a short time and represented Boys’ Town at football, taking them from Division 3 up to Division 1.
Soon after, he became director of sports at the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation.
At the JBC, he had various roles including co-ordinating coverage of cricket, the Commonwealth Games, and helped bring international football to Jamaica. He stayed there for 30 years before JBC was sold and his services were no longer required.
He died at 89 years of age following a stroke.
Via Wikipedia
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