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The President of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), Captain Horace Burrell, the Board and staff of the JFF would like to express congratulations to Mr Anthony James on his selection to be inducted into the CONCACAF Hall of Fame.
Mr James, a former President of the JFF was selected along with Nicaraguan Football Federation (Federación Nicaragüense de Fútbol) President Julio Rocha and retired CONCACAF Executive Clive Toye for induction into the confederation’s Hall of Fame. They will be formally enshrined at the XXVI CONCACAF Ordinary Congress in the Bahamas on 1 June, increasing membership in the honorary society to 29.
The three were chosen by the CONCACAF Executive Committee from nominations, selected on the criterion of their considerable contributions to the game, and join those already enshrined from administrators and referees to coaches and elected officials.
“Personally, it fills me with great pride to be able to witness the induction into the CONCACAF Hall of Fame of one I see as a true ambassador of Jamaica’s Football,” Captain Horace Burrell, President of the Jamaica Football Federation said of the man who has distinguished himself at every level of the game.
“For anyone hoping to aspire to national and regional leadership in the game, a better role model could not be found than Tony. As a country we achieved our greatest heights in World Football when we qualified for the 1998 World Cup in France but what may not be told often is that it was under Tony’s stewardship that the country won its first football title on any kind. This was the then Shell Caribbean Cup in 1991, a mere seven years before the 1998 World Cup and six years before we qualified in 1997,” Captain Burrell added.
Mr James, a former President of the JFF was selected along with Nicaraguan Football Federation (Federación Nicaragüense de Fútbol) President Julio Rocha and retired CONCACAF Executive Clive Toye for induction into the confederation’s Hall of Fame. They will be formally enshrined at the XXVI CONCACAF Ordinary Congress in the Bahamas on 1 June, increasing membership in the honorary society to 29.
The three were chosen by the CONCACAF Executive Committee from nominations, selected on the criterion of their considerable contributions to the game, and join those already enshrined from administrators and referees to coaches and elected officials.
“Personally, it fills me with great pride to be able to witness the induction into the CONCACAF Hall of Fame of one I see as a true ambassador of Jamaica’s Football,” Captain Horace Burrell, President of the Jamaica Football Federation said of the man who has distinguished himself at every level of the game.
“For anyone hoping to aspire to national and regional leadership in the game, a better role model could not be found than Tony. As a country we achieved our greatest heights in World Football when we qualified for the 1998 World Cup in France but what may not be told often is that it was under Tony’s stewardship that the country won its first football title on any kind. This was the then Shell Caribbean Cup in 1991, a mere seven years before the 1998 World Cup and six years before we qualified in 1997,” Captain Burrell added.
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