The Honourable
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Kenneth Howard Randolph "Randy" Horton,
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soccer
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and
cricket
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player from
Bermuda
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who is currently Speaker of the
House of Assembly of Bermuda
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. He was named
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Most Valuable Player in
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
.
Biography
Horton was born on 22 January 1945 in Bermuda. He attended
Culham College
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in England and
Rutgers University
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in the United States.
Sports
A top level cricketer offered trials to play for
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
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, Horton turned down the opportunity to play English
County cricket
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and
Football League
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football for
Huddersfield Town
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to stay in a warmer climate following completing his Oxford University Institute of Education Teacher Training Certificate from Culham College in Oxfordshire, England. He represented
Bermuda national cricket team
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five times between 1969 and 1980.
Soccer
Club career
He signed with the
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as was named NASL Rookie of the Year and First Team all-star for the
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
Ja ...
season.
The Cosmos won the league championship in
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
as Horton was named league MVP, as voted by the players, as he led the league in scoring with 22 points in 13 games. He also scored New York's first goal in their 2–1 Finals win over
St. Louis
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. After the 1972 season Horton was offered a contract with Queens Park Rangers by their manager
Gordon Jago
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Playing career
Born in Poplar, London, Jago began his profession ...
. Horton decided to remain with Cosmos and complete his master's degree at Rutgers University in
New Jersey
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. Horton played two more summers with the Cosmos before being traded to the
Washington Diplomats
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for three first-round draft picks. After a season in Washington, he finished his NASL career playing for the
Hartford Bicentennials
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.
In Bermuda, Horton played for and coached the Somerset Trojans and represented
Bermuda
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Politics
Horton has been a member of the Bermuda Parliament since 1998 and has held cabinet positions as Community Affairs and Sports Minister, Education Minister, Environment Minister and Labour Home Affairs and Public Safety Minister. On 8 February 2013 he was elected unopposed as
Speaker
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of the
House of Assembly
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, becoming the first member of an opposition party to hold that position.
Awards
*1971 Rookie of the Year for the New York Cosmos
*1971 First Team All-Star (NASL)
*1972 Most Valuable Player in NASL
*1972 Leading Scorer in NASL
*1972 Leading Goal Scorer in NASL
*1972 First Team All-Star (NASL)
*1973 Second Team All-Star (NASL)
*1974 Honorable Mention All-Star (NASL)
*1974, Bermuda Jaycees' Outstanding Young Person Award
*1981, Selected as one of Ten Most Admired Adults in Bermuda by the Annual Teen Conference
References
External links
''New York Cosmos Soccer, Inc.''
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1945 births
Living people
Speakers of the House of Assembly of Bermuda
Bermudian cricketers
Bermudian footballers
Association football forwards
North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
New York Cosmos players
Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals players
Washington Diplomats (NASL) players
Connecticut Bicentennials players
Ministers of Education of Bermuda
Ministers of the Environment of Bermuda
Interior ministers of Bermuda
Labour ministers of Bermuda
Sports ministers of Bermuda
Bermudian sportsperson-politicians
Bermudian expatriate footballers
Bermuda international footballers
Expatriate soccer players in the United States
Bermudian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
People from Sandys Parish