Rudolph Pearce (born 18 December 1945) is a Jamaican

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played at both professional and international levels as a defender.

Career

Club career

Pearce spent two seasons in the NPSL and NASL, playing for the

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in 1967 and the New York Cosmos in 1971.

International career

Pearce was a member of the Jamaican national side between 1965 and 1968, appearing in six FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.

References

1945 births Living people Footballers from Kingston, Jamaica Jamaican men's footballers Jamaican expatriate men's footballers Jamaica men's international footballers Atlanta Chiefs players New York Cosmos (1970–1985) players National Professional Soccer League (1967) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in the United States Men's association football defenders {{Jamaica-footy-bio-stub