Richard Davy (footballer)

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Richard Davy
Personal information
Date of birth (1953-04-03) April 3, 1953 (age 71)
Position(s) Forward [1]
Youth career
Jamaica College
Wolmer's Schools
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1972–1975 Howard University
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Connecticut Yankees
International career
Jamaica MNT 27 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Davy (born May 3, 1953) is a Jamaican former soccer forward who was the architect [2] [3] of the winning goal which catapulted the Howard University Bisons to the 1974 Division 1 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championship. That Howard soccer team posted a perfect 19-0-0 season record, a record which still stands unbeaten and unmatched by any other Collegiate soccer team after over 35 years. [4] Richard's defense-splitting dribbling foray down the left flank, shortly after the start of the fourth overtime in the NCAA Championship game, left two St. Louis University defenders faked-out off of the field as he centered a crossing pass which beat goalkeeper Rob Valero and left teammate Kendu Illodigwe with an easy tap-in into the open goal. [5]

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Early years

Prior to taking up a full scholarship to Howard, Richard, while still a schoolboy in the middle of the 1971 Jamaican high school competition, was "pegged" for National duty and scored on his debut with the Jamaica national football team against Haiti to break a three-year goal scoring drought in international competition suffered by the Jamaica National team. That same year, Richard led his Wolmer's Boys High School team to the triple crown [6] of Jamaican High School soccer championships – Manning Cup (corporate area), Walker Cup (corporate area knockout), and Olivier Shield (symbol of all-island schoolboy supremacy) -- a feat which made his school the second in history to do so. Prior to that, Wolmer's had last won the Manning Cup in 1939. Richard went on to represent the Jamaica National football team [7] [8] on 27 occasions scoring 11 goals.

High school seasons

During the 1970 high school season, Richard dismantled the Jamaican high school goal scoring record for a single season with a 23 goal total which lasted as the record for 27 years until it was broken by Kevin "Pele" Wilson. When Richard completed his high school career he had established (1) the single game record (6 goals versus Meadowbrook H.S. [9] ), (2) the single season record (23 goals), and (3) the career record of 48 goals. Before transferring to Wolmer's Schools, Richard had won a Manning Cup Championship with Jamaica College High School (JC) in 1968 and thus left the Jamaican high school ranks with the unusual record of having won high school championships four seasons apart and with two different schools.

In 1967, Richard led his JC Colts (Under 14) team to the corporate area championship game where they lost to Excelsior (XLCR) High School.

College years

At Howard, Richard led the team in assists and was the second leading scorer from 1972 to 1975. During this period Howard reached the National Semi-finals three years (1972, 1974, and 1975), played in the Championship game twice (1972 and 1974) winning in 1974, and won fourth place in 1975. the Howard team was on probation in 1973. Richard was selected to the All-American All-South first team for the 1975 season. [10]

League player

After Howard, Richard was drafted by the Connecticut Yankees of the American Soccer League (ASL) and played for several years and for several teams including the Washington D.C.–based Jamaica "Nats" in various leagues (professional and semi-professional) through the 1987 season when he retired from the game. In many of those seasons, Richard's teams went undefeated and he led the league in scoring most of those years.

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References

  1. ↑ Gildea, William (December 1, 1988). "Howard closes on its goal". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  2. ↑ Jares, Joe (December 16, 1974). "A bonus for working overtime". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
  3. ↑ Baltimore Afro-American News: December 14, 1974: "HU Soccer Team National Champ" http://www.ttfootballhistory.com/node/3740
  4. ↑ NCAA College Cup Soccer Magazine: December 2004 page 50: "The Perfect Season"
  5. ↑ Soccer America Magazine, December, 1974, page 4
  6. ↑ Wolmer's High School Website: http://www.jaweb2.com/jaalumni/wbs/wbs.html
  7. ↑ Jamaica National team 1972: Jamaica Daily Gleaner: January 10, 1972: "Bison End Tour On Losing Note" http://www.ttfootballhistory.com/node/1723
  8. ↑ Jamaica Daily Gleaner: Monday, January 17, 1972: "Jamaica, U.S.A Draw 1-1"
  9. ↑ Jamaica Daily Gleaner: Wednesday, October 14, 1970: "Wolmer's Pump In 11 Goals on Meadowbrook"
  10. ↑ Jamaica Daily Gleaner: September 29, 1972: "Davy Stars in Howard's 2-1 Victory" http://www.ttfootballhistory.com/node/3089
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