PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former West Indies cricket captain Brian Lara and former Trinidad & Tobago footballers Dwight Yorke and Russell Latapy will be inducted into the First Citizens Sports Foundation Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad on November 23.
Lara and Yorke have already confirmed their attendance while Latapy, who is currently in Scotland, has expressed a strong interest in coming. This was announced during a press conference at the Queen’s Park Oval in St Clair.
They are among a group of 13 local sporting legends selected to be honoured by the Foundation’s 12-member panel, which is chaired by Dr Keith Clifford.
The other inductees will include Ann Browne-John (Cricket/Hockey), Hubert ‘Taffy’ Crichlow (Table Tennis/Basketball), Victor Gamaldo (Football), Bernard Julien (Cricket), Richard Nieves (Hockey/Football), Jeanette Georgetti-Pantin (Cycling Hockey) and the late quartet of Zeno Constance (Athletics), Aldwin Ferguson (Football/Hockey), Jack Noreiga (Cricket) and Pascall Roberts (Cricket).
The Hall of Fame was established in 1984 and has since initiated 181 athletes, administrators, coaches and referees including Olympic medallists Hasely Crawford and Ato Boldon, Test cricketers Ian Bishop and Learie Constantine and T&T’s 1979 World Championship-winning netball team.
In order to qualify, an individual must have consistently represented the country with distinction in local and international sport over a period of time.
Speaking to the media Tuesday, Foundation member Maria Nunes said the panel had done a lot of diligent research to narrow the list down to 13 inductees.
