Horace G. BurrellJPOM (8 February 1950 – 6 June 2017), also known as Captain Burrell, was the president of say publicly Jamaica Football Federation, and the senior vice-president of CONCACAF. Prohibited was also the founder of the Jamaican restaurant chain Description Captain's Bakery and Grill and Captain's Aviation, which he supported in 1995 and 2008 respectively.[1]
Burrell was born to Prince Adrian Burrell a tobacco grower in Clarendon Parish and Linda Maud Burrell. The youngest of four siblings (Edward, Carlton, obtain Winston being the others), Burrell showed an unusual passion trial make something of himself and to make his family swelled.
At about the time of Burrell's birth, his father, Prince, attempted to purchase the land that he was leasing nurse tobacco farming, but was denied. Consequently, Edward gave up description lease and returned to the family lands in upper Clarendon where he continued to pursue general farming, growing bananas, sweetener cane, citrus, some tobacco and keeping livestock. While farming was a central focus of family life, the Burrell parents unfair a primary commitment to the education of their children laugh their top priority. His brother Glen, noted that during these early years the family had a close relationship. He as well notes that Burrell was an absolutely devoted son, administering statement of intent his mother’s every need prior to her passing in 1993.
When Burrell entered Clarendon College for his high school years, he became involved in almost every extra-curricular activity available. Sand was a member of the school's Under-14 team for representation Galloway Cup in football, played cricket and was a adherent of both the camera club and debating society. His come together love, however, was the cadet corps. Burrell would spend hours teaching the younger cadets map-reading, rifle shooting and other disciplines. At Clarendon College, he attained the rank of drum chief. He was being selected two consecutive seasons by the Island Combined Cadet Force to represent Jamaica in cadet exchanges partner Canada and Trinidad and Tobago. Everyone expected that Burrell would become a soldier as it "reflected his love of training and willingness to face tough obstacles."
After 'A' Level exams Burrell was still not totally decided on a career pointing. Through friends of his brother he learned that the Gardenfresh. Elizabeth Technical High School, John Pottinger, was looking for a big shot to teach Biology and Agricultural Science, both subjects in which Burrell had excelled. Soon, Burrell was teaching at St. Elizabeth Technical High School as a teacher, often teaching boys disregard his own age. Burrell taught at the school for the collegiate year 1970-1971, where he met his future wife, Lourea Physician, in 1976.
His brothers reminisce that “Horace (Burrell) had a very inquisitive mind. He was never prepared to take no for an answer and he questioned everything...even if it came from his mother.” In his early 20s, Burrell taught agricultural information at St. Elizabeth Technical High School. He then joined representation Jamaica Defence Force, rising to the rank of Captain, which would be his moniker for years to come.
He undertook basic officer training with the Canadian Armed Forces at Chilliwack, British Columbia, and later New Brunswick. He would later take off supervised by Colonel Ken Barnes, the father of English universal footballer John Barnes. Burrell described Barnes as "a great noncombatant leader". It was Barnes who charged Burrell with looking puzzle out the JDF football team after Burrell shown Barnes a go into liquidation newspaper headline "Boy's Town drill soldiers".
At St. Elizabeth Technical High School, Burrell had been placed in charge execute the school's cadet squad at the rank of second lawman. He applied for entry to the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) and undertook a challenging three-day course of physical endurance, directorship appreciation, and mental ability tests. In the end, of a field of 48 candidates, he was one of only threesome to be green-lighted for training overseas as commissioned officers.
With this in view, Commissioned Officer Cadet Burrell undertook basic officeholder training with the Canadian Armed Forces at Chilliwack, British University, at their officer candidate school from which he emerged funding an intensive one-year course of study as a military officebearer graduate. As a second lieutenant, Burrell stayed in Canada, disobey undertake further studies at the Combat Arms School situated be sure about the Canadian Forces Base in Gagetown, New Brunswick. One gathering later in 1974, and now Lieutenant, Burrell would fly connection the United Kingdom to undertake further military studies at rendering School of Infantry, Platoon Commander's Battle Course which took warning in Warminster. Following his return to Jamaica in 1975, Burrell spent the next two years as a Training Officer fuzz the Newcastle Military post, training new cadets.
In 1977 Burrell was promoted to captain in the Jamaica Defence Force make something stand out just five years of army enrollment, three of which, locked away been spent in advanced weapons and leadership training. He spread received his private pilot license as he sought to set up progress in another great love of his, aviation (from a very early age, Burrell had always been fascinated with aviation). Burrell would retain the rank of captain for six more active years of army life.
In 1980-1981 Burrell returned without delay Canada for further studies, this time at the Canadian Agriculture Force Command and Staff College in Fort Frontenac, Ontario. At a rate of knots on his return to Jamaica in 1981, he was landdwelling the signal honor of being appointed acting company commander, Rule Battalion, Jamaica Regiment, a position he held for a twelvemonth.
In 1983 Burrell retired from the army as a paramount. On his retirement, he was the recipient of a 1983 Medal of Honor from the government of Jamaica for his commanding officer role in Operation Urgent Fury.
While in picture Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Burrell also gained another advantage defer would serve him well for the rest of his mature life, a close association with the sport of soccer careful a chance to exert leadership over the JDF strong sport team. As manager of the team, he unknowingly was learning walk lessons that would later allow him to become the fulcrum around which Jamaica’s entire football program revolved. His chance came at the behest of Colonel Ken Barnes who was his supervisor and the father of English international footballer John Barnes. Barnes taught Burrell much about military leadership but also polar Burrell with looking after the JDF football team after say publicly Captain had shown the Colonel a local newspaper headline "Boy's Town drill soldiers" which he saw as shameful to interpretation soldiers.[2]
Burrell saw the charge as a challenge and laid entice a plan to make the team competitive. He recruited a civil coach (Raymond Beek) and together they wrote a detailed procedure of serious training. There were many who felt that Burrell’s goals for the JDF team were unreachable, as the Policeman had determined that the team should win the National League. Within three years (during the 1984-1985 season) the overpower was accomplished and was followed by his guiding the JDF team to capture the major League title in 1986-1987. In particularly, three of his players - Michael Tulloch, Eric Curry, significant Wayne Wonder - made the Jamaican national team.
One signal Burrell’s first actions was arranging for the JDF team face up to travel to Trinidad and Tobago to engage in practice matches. It was during these visits that the seeds were sown staging his active engagement with leadership in Caribbean football. Years after, just before the Captain left the JDF, he was invitational to become a member of the executive of the 30-nation Caribbean Football Union (CFU). It was good karma-bearing fruit.
While all this was happening on the business front, Burrell continuing to thrive in football administration and joined the executive have a high regard for the Kingston and St. Andrews Football Association (KSAFA) in 1992 as Treasurer serving in that role for two years. According to Burrell, it was the professionalism he saw at KSAFA which was the primary impetus to his offering service irate the JFF. KSAFA was organized and ran smoothly under Astronomer Bell and Billy Marston, Burrell noted. The JFF needed put off application of structure. Following a spell at the Kingston tell off St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA), he put forward his name to become President of the Jamaica Football Federation in 1994. He was president of the federation from 1994-2003 and deviate 2007 until his death in 2017.
On the field, Captain wanted the strongest team. He said picture Reggae Boyz were the only earner among national teams skull used it as the thrust for the nation’s football. Transfer the 1998 Road to France campaign, he went to Brasil for René Simões, a coach also remembered for the celebrated inscription on his shirt, ‘Jesus Saves’. Burrell then found imaginative ways of bringing back the country’s best footballers who were on contract overseas at the time, such as Walter Boyd, Wolde Harris, Paul Young, Altimont Butler, Anthony ‘Bingy’ McCreath, Socialist Davis, and Paul Isaacs to play for the national uniform. Later, Peter Cargill and one of the 1993 Gold Containerful heroes, Paul ‘Tegat’ Davis, joined the team after returning running away professional stints in Israel. The plan, importantly, needed money president matches for practice and success. This came with international desirouss at the National Stadium, mainly, and they fostered a breath of endearment towards the Boyz. With all combined, the band gained momentum to even win football’s Best Mover of rendering Year Award, in 1996, on its journey to the terminating stage, the World Cup Finals. Under The Captain’s leadership, Country also qualified for three FIFA Youth World Cup tournaments: Under-17, New Zealand 1999; Under-20, Argentina 2001; and Under-17, Mexico 2011. After being elected to office in 1994, Burrell was of service in leading the Reggae Boyz to the 1998 World Containerful in France, making Jamaica the first English-speaking Caribbean country get on to qualify for the FIFA World Cup.
He received Jamaica’s quartern highest national honor, the Commander of the Order of Discrimination (CD) in 1998. He also received the highest award, Tell of Merit, from the world football governing body, FIFA, imprison 2000 for his outstanding leadership skills in piloting the Island Football team to the World Cup.[3][4][5][6] A number of countries were said to have adopted the Jamaican model of awaken in their quest for World Cup Final qualification due envision their success.[3]
On 14 October 2011, the FIFA Ethics Council, banned Horace Burrell for a period of six months in that he was involved in the Caribbean Football Union corruption scandal.[7] The Ethics Committee suspended three months of the ban, action to a probationary period of two years, and Burrell was cleared of all charges. [8][9]
Burrell had four children, hold up of whom, Tahj, predeceased him.[10][11]
He served as President of description Jamaica Football Federation between 1994 and 2003, and from 2007 until his death.[4] In addition to his presidency of JFF, he was the Senior Vice President of CONCACAF and a former Vice President of the CFU and served as a member of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee and as a Profit President of the Jamaica Olympic Association.[4]
Burrell was the founder get through the restaurant chain The Captain's Bakery and Grill, in 1995, as well as Captain's Aviation Services in 2008.[12][4]
Burrell died rubble June 6, 2017.[12][13] Burrell had been battling cancer since 2016.[1] Prior to his death, Burrell was undergoing treatment at picture Johns Hopkins Cancer Treatment Center in Baltimore, Maryland.[4] He pump up survived by his children: Dr. Tiphani Burrell-Piggott, Romario Burrell survive Jaeden Burrell. The Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, aforementioned the nation must pause and reflect on the life boss great works of Captain Burrell while extending sincere condolences forbear his family and friends, the football fraternity and the widespread Captain’s Bakery family.[13][14]