February 2003

SYL  DOPSON DATE OF BIRTH: April 1920 PLACE OF BIRTH: ..., Trinidad EDUCATION: ... CAREER:                                        An accomplished soccer player on defense (fullback), Dopson represented Trinidad & Tobago in the late-1940s against other Caribbean countries and, in 1953, was selected to the first Trinidad & Tobago soccer team to tour the United Kingdom. After his return, he devoted himself to the growth of his music band which remained popular through the 1950s. Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit