Peter Cargill

Footballer

Birthday March 2, 1964

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica

DEATH DATE 2005-4-15, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica (41 years old)

Nationality Jamaica

Height 1.73 m

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1964

Peter Raymond Cargill (2 March 1964 – 15 April 2005) was a Jamaican international football player.

His position was midfielder or defender.

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 Israel with Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Petah Tikva.

1996

The versatile player returned to Jamaica in 1996 and was called up to the Jamaica team.

1998

He captained the Reggae Boyz and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.

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

2004

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.

Like his World Cup team-mate Stephen Malcolm and Jamaican legend Winston Anglin, Cargill was killed in a road accident.

He died of severe injuries in Saint Ann Parish while on his way to a football match against Wadadah in Montego Bay when the minivan he was travelling in overturned and struck a boulder head-on.