Sydney "Syd" Bartlett was a Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

n footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a forward.

Career

Bartlett spent one season with the New York Generals

New York Generals

For the collegiate baseball team, see New York Generals The New York Generals were a soccer team based out of New York that played in the non-FIFA sanctioned National Professional Soccer League. Their home field was Yankee Stadium...

, making three appearances.

He also spent time with the Jamaican national side

Jamaica national football team

The Jamaica national football team is the national team of Jamaica and is controlled by the Jamaica Football Federation. After decades in CONCACAF obscurity, they gained many fans throughout the world after they qualified for the 1998 FIFA World Cup...

, 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

KSAFA Syd Bartlett League

The KSAFA Syd Bartlett League is a fourth division football league in the nation of Jamaica. The eleven teams that currently compete in the league are based in the parishes of St...

was named in his honour.