But those young footballers we saw today on the Berger Field definitely don't know names "Bembe the Mugger" Garbutt, "Roo" Robinson, "Tiempo" Barrow, "Pine" Hernandez, Winston "Fry" Michael or the Ellis Brothers, "Chico" and "Pas," but if Belize had ESPN Classic, these names would be on a perpetual loop.
They are footballers of the 60's and 70's when, the old folks say, Football was king. Their names have been brought back to prominence by self styled football historian Michael Finnegan in his regular columns in the Amandala.
Today, Nelson "Roo" Robinson arrived from New York, and 7News was there to greet him at the airport, where he explained the purpose of his visit. According to Robinson, he has a treat planned for the children of Belize City:
Nelson "Roo" Robinson - Legendary Footballer
"Belize is that I really came purposely for a friend of mine, Louis 'Mugger', who is like a friend of mine, a brother of mine and a coach of mine; he was my mentor, and I think that he died in New York. I was born in Belize and he was born in Honduras but he represented Belize three different times but I think that he deserves something here. I will try to make it an honorary thing that we have, to remember him and the next thing I would like to ask all the Belizeans to hold a moment of silence Louis Garbutt, the 'Mugger' who died last week in California."
Daniel Ortiz
"So you are here to do some sort of occasion?"
Nelson "Roo" Robinson
"Yes the 15th of September at #3 Arlington, Orlando Street, right infront of the Porres Church, the football field. Drinks, eat and come enjoy yourselves."
As noted in the interview, Rue Robinson intends to make a donation in memory of his now deceased fellow football players on September 15.
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