Sydney Bartlett (1938/1939 - 19 December 2009) was a Jamaican
footballer
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who played at both professional and international levels as a
forward
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Forward may also refer to:
People
* Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
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.
Career
Bartlett spent one season with the
New York Generals
The New York Generals were an American professional soccer team based in New York City that competed in the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) in 1967 and the North American Soccer League (NASL) in 1968.
Founded as charter members o ...
of the
NPSL, making three appearances.
He also spent time with the
Jamaican national side, appearing in two FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.
Later life and death
Bartlett died in a New York hospital on 19 December 2009, at the age of 70. The
KSAFA Syd Bartlett League was named in his honour.
References
1930s births
2009 deaths
Footballers from Kingston, Jamaica
Jamaican men's footballers
Jamaica men's international footballers
Jamaican expatriate men's footballers
Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Men's association football forwards
New York Generals (NPSL) players
National Professional Soccer League (1967) players
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