Haitian sports history(who was Joe "ti Joe" Gaetjens?)

Who was Joe Gaetjens? the man who scored the greatest goal in American soccer history.
Joseph Edouard Gaetjens was born March 19, 1924, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; presumed dead July 1964, Haiti) was a Haitian soccer player who played for the United States national team in the 1950 FIFA World Cup, scoring the winning goal in the 1--0 upset of England.
Born in Haiti to a Haitian mother and a German father, Gaetjens's great-grandfather Thomas, a native of Bremen, had been sent to Haiti by Frederick William III, the King of Prussia, as a business emissary. The family was quite prosperous, and although by the time of Joe's birth their wealth had decreased significantly, they were still among the Haitian elite. When Gaetjens was born, his father even registered the birth certificate with the German embassy, in case Joe ever wanted to gain German citizenship. Gaetjens joined Etoile Haïtienne at the age of 14 and won two Ligue Haïtienne championships in 1942 and 1944. However, he could not make a living from professional soccer, so he went to New York City in the late 1940s to study accounting at Columbia University on a scholarship from the Haitian government. While there he played for Brookhattan of the American Soccer League, winning the league's scoring title. His success for the team attracted the attention of U.S. Soccer, and Gaetjens made the national team for the 1950 World Cup.
Gaetjens played three games at the World Cup, but easily the most memorable was one of the greatest World Cup upsets in history, in which Gaetjens scored the decisive goal of a 1--0 victory in which the American soccer team defeated the hugely favored English at Belo Horizonte.

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[timaliceetbouqui]

I do not agree with your comments. That story is not only sad, but shameful for all of us who had a leader in the past like this evil-monster, Francois Duvalier.

By the way, do have personal problems with hatian elite?

Let me remind you something !Nowadays and In the past, the haitian elites-educated mulatoes or blacks are precious landmarks of the nation. Like Gaetan who came in US to study, thounsands of us are scattered around the world universities to imitate him. What about you?

[timaliceetbouqui]

@landonyarrington

Non mwen pa dako ak ou?Semble ke ou Guin problem avek elit.!!

[dapperdonmilli]

Wow what a story smh Duvalier was a piece of shit !!

[Brisv1]

Technique as it became known, to provide a agricultural educational system for the noir

peasantry under a Dr. George F. Freeman. This was "a matter of extreme social

sensitivity for the elite," who feared both the social consequences of an educated noir

peasantry and the loss of the noirs' loyalty to the blancs, who were improving their

lives.68”

[Brisv1]

“One area in which the Americans encountered an immense amount of resistance

was in the area of public education. In his memo for President Harding, Sumner Welles

accused the Haitian elite publicly funding education at adequate levels, while actually

pocketing the bulk of the money for themselves.67 In 1923, General Russell instituted a

Service Technique de l'Agriculture et de l'Ensignement Professionel, or Service

[Brisv1]

Without making excuses for either Duvalier or Aristide, but I must say that the social inequalities in our society created both. Duvalier created the “Macoutes” after a failed attempt to a coup d’etat. Certain schools were reserved to the elite (College Bird for instance).

I will leave you with this peace that I copied from a paper … did not do the research to validate yet.

[Brisv1]

They built 210 bridges, the telephone and telegraph system, hospitals, the “Service de Sante Publique”, etc. These are not contributions of the elite. The Haitian elite is full of prejudices (Their cleaning lady who never went to school has to speak French to their kids … reminds me of the famous “Le dinner est pareur” from Melanie in the Languichatte series).

[Brisv1]

As far as the comments blaming Duvalier and Aristide I would urge every single of you to take a deeper look into our history. Briefly, we were independent in 1804 and by 1807 the country was already divided. From 1807 to 1814/15 we had it all from coup d’etats to assassinations and dictatorships. Despite all the atrocities during the US occupation of 1915-1934, it was the only time we saw a glimpse of light.

[Brisv1]

First of all I want to send out my condolences to the Gaetjens’ family. I can only imagine how painful it must be to lose a loved one in those conditions. I sincerely hope that you can find peace.



[Kravitzs666]

This story is similar to countries suffering from the "brain drain" theory. Papa Doc forced the relocation and exodus of the haitian elite, who would have been the future of haiti. Joe was an example of how haitian soccer could of gone to the next level, from a man who had experience it all. Now haitian soccer is nothing, shameful to watch all because there is no qualified coaches. I gave him alot of credit for returning to haiti even though he would have had a greater career in the USA .

[ednoisin]

@timaliceetbouqui, Duvalier is not the evil monster, but the so-called elite poisoned with westernized french-usa blood from the pit of hell. Haitians are Levites from the tribes of Yisrael who, according to curse mentioned in Deuteronomy 28:15-67, were brought as slaves on ships to the americas. The g8-nations (beast with spoken in Revelation 12) are about to make a covenant with china the dragon and usher in the anti-Messhiach; you've not seen evil yet. Blessing, Peace & Shalom,

[ReliableLojic]

Thank you for this clip. Death of a Legend.