Stephen Malcolm

Stephen Malcolm
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-05-02)2 May 1970
Place of birth Montego Bay, Jamaica
Date of death 28 January 2001(2001-01-28) (aged 30)
Place of death Duncans, Trelawny Parish, Jamaica
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
Rusea's High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–2001 Seba United
National team
1991–2001 Jamaica 68 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Stephen Malcolm (2 May 1970 - 28 January 2001) was a Jamaican international football player. His position was defender.

Club career

During his club career he played for Seba United.

International career

Nicknamed Shorty, he represented his country at the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, which was the first and so far only time Jamaica has qualified for the finals of the tournament. He made his debut for the 'Reggae Boyz' in 1995 and collected a total of 68 caps, scoring 3 goals.

Death

Malcolm died in a car accident, only hours after playing Bulgaria in a friendly international in Kingston.[1] He was on his way back to Montego Bay with team-mate Theodore Whitmore, when his car blew a tire, hit an embankment and overturned near Falmouth. Whitmore was injured in the accident,[2] but fully recovered. Curiously, three years earlier Malcolm and Whitmore were involved in a car crash too, in which national team defender Durrant Brown was severely injured.

In 2011, Seba United was renamed Montego Bay United and withdrew the number 2 shirt in honour of Malcolm.[3]

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 14 January 1996 Independence Park, Kingston  Cuba 1–0 1–1 Friendly
2 10 November 1996 Independence Park, Kingston  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5–0 5–0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 27 February 1997 Independence Park, Kingston  Bermuda 2–1 3–2 1997 Caribbean Cup - Qualifying Tournament

References

  1. ↑ Reggae Boy killed in crash - Jamaica Gleaner
  2. ↑ Who was driving? - Whitmore disputes police report he was at the wheel - Jamaica Gleaner
  3. ↑ Montego Bay United Football Club launched - Jamaica Gleaner
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