Syd Bartlett
{{short description|Jamaican footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Use Jamaican English|date=February 2019}}
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|name = Syd Bartlett
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|fullname = Sydney Bartlett
|birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|70|2009|9|19|noage=1}}
|birth_place = Kingston, Jamaica
|death_date = 19 December 2009 (aged 70)
|death_place = New York City, U.S.
|height =
|position = Forward
|years1 = 1967–1970
|clubs1 = New York Generals
|caps1 = 3
|goals1 = 0
|nationalyears1 = 1959–1965
|nationalteam1 = Jamaica
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Sydney Bartlett (1938/1939 - 19 December 2009) was a Jamaican footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a forward.
Career
Bartlett spent one season with the New York Generals of the NPSL, making three appearances.[http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/B/Bartlett.Sydney.htm NASL career stats]
He also spent time with the Jamaican national side,{{NFT player|pid=31281}} appearing in two FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.{{FIFA player|46267}}
Later life and death
Bartlett died in a New York hospital on 19 December 2009, at the age of 70.{{cite news|date=21 December 2009|title=Legendary Jamaica footballer 'Syd' Bartlett dies|newspaper=Jamaica Observer|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/Legendary-Jamaica-footballer-Syd-Bartlett-dies|url-status=dead|access-date=14 May 2011|archive-date=14 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614152423/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/Legendary-Jamaica-footballer-Syd-Bartlett-dies}} The KSAFA Syd Bartlett League was named in his honour.{{cite news|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Emotional-farewell-for-football-great-Syd-Bartlett|title=Emotional farewell for football great Syd Bartlett|date=3 January 2010|newspaper=Jamaica Observer|access-date=14 May 2011|archive-date=14 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614152430/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Emotional-farewell-for-football-great-Syd-Bartlett|url-status=dead}}
References
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{{Jamaica squad 1963 CONCACAF Championship}}
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Category:Footballers from Kingston, Jamaica
Category:Jamaican men's footballers
Category:Jamaica men's international footballers
Category:Jamaican expatriate men's footballers
Category:Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:New York Generals (NPSL) players
Category:National Professional Soccer League (1967) players
Category:20th-century Jamaican sportsmen
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