Peter Raymond Cargill (2 March 1964 – 15 April 2005) was a

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n international

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player. His position was

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or defender.

Club career

Nicknamed "Jair", he started his footballing career at high school, winning the Triple Crown as a captain with Camperdown High School. Cargill also played for local sides Swallowfield FC, CC Lions, Hazard United and Harbour View and also spent 8 years in

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with Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Petah Tikva. The versatile player returned to Jamaica in 1996 and was called up to the

team.

International career

He captained the Reggae Boyz and was a participant at the

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. He collected a total of 84 caps and scored 3 times.

Personal life

After retiring as a player, he became Reggae Boyz' assistant head coach until 2004. Then he coached Jamaica National Premier League side

Waterhouse F.C. The Waterhouse Football Club is a professional football team based in Kingston, that competes in the National Premier League, Jamaica Premier League. Their home stadium is Waterhouse Stadium. History The club was founded in 1968 as ''Harlem K ...

Like his World Cup team-mate Stephen Malcolm and Jamaican legend

Winston Anglin Winston Anglin (27 August 1962 – 5 September 2004) was a Jamaican international football (soccer), football player. Club career Nicknamed ''Twinny Bug'' he played for local sides Wadadah F.C., Waterhouse F.C. and Village United F.C. He was o ...

, Cargill was killed in a road accident. He died of severe injuries in

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while on his way to a football match against Wadadah in

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when the minivan he was travelling in overturned and struck a boulder head-on. Cargill was the cousin of Jade Cargill, a professional wrestler.

International goals

Honours

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League (, Ligat HaAl, ) is a professional association football league in Israel and the highest level of the Israeli football league system. The league is contested by 14 clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and rele ...

: **Runner-up (1): 1987–88 *

Toto Cup The Israel Toto Cup (, ''Gvia Ha'Toto'') is an association football tournament that features clubs in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Israeli Premier League Ligat ha'Al, Ligat Ha'Al; and the Israeli 2nd division Liga Leumit. Both of the ...

: **Runner-up (1): 1988–89 * Caribbean Cup: **Winner (2):

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

* JFF Champions Cup: **Winner (1): 1998

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* * 1964 births 2005 deaths Sportspeople from Saint Ann Parish Men's association football midfielders Jamaican men's footballers Jamaica men's international footballers 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 1998 FIFA World Cup players Harbour View F.C. players Portmore United F.C. players Maccabi Netanya F.C. players Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. players Jamaican expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in Israel Road incident deaths in Jamaica 20th-century Jamaican sportsmen {{Jamaica-footy-bio-stub