June 7 – Jamaican Football Federation (JFF) president and CONCACAF senior vice president Captain Horace Burrell has died, aged 67, following a battle against cancer.
Known universally throughout the football world simply as Captain, Burrell was a proud Jamaican and a politically powerful advocate for Caribbean football.
JFF president between 1994 and 2003, and from 2007 until his death yesterday, Captain also served as a member of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee and a Vice President of the Jamaica Olympic Association.
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