Antoine Craan
M. Antoine Craan (born January 17, 1931 in Port-au-Prince , Haiti ; † January 12, 2010 ibid) was a Haitian- Canadian professional footballer.
Antoine Craan was born in Port-au-Prince; in 1955 he moved to Montréal and played from then on for the club "Le Tricolore de Montréal". Craan was one of the first two dark-skinned professional footballers in the province of Québec . In the 1960s he took up a job in the provincial football association, later he mainly worked in referee training.
In the 1980s, Craan found what is known as Raelism and was later ordained a priest of this religion. Craan, a father of seven, lived in Montréal until the mid-1990s before returning to his homeland to work in a senior position for the Haitian Football Association. He married a second time. On January 12, 2010, he was killed by falling debris in his office in the great earthquake . His wife and stepdaughter Mihalove also fell victim to the earthquake and were buried in a cemetery near his office.
credentials
- ↑ a b Actualité: Le Président du Mouvement Raëlien Haïtien, Antoine Craan, victime du séisme en Haïti ( French ) Rael Press. January 20, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
- ^ A b c d Jason Magder: Debris kills Montreal soccer activist . In: Montreal Gazette , January 17, 2010. Archived from the original on January 21, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
- ↑ a b c d Kenyon Wallace: Profiles of Canadians killed in Haiti's earthquake . In: National Post , January 17, 2010. Archived from the original on January 21, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Craan, Antoine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Craan, M. Antoine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Haitian-Canadian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Port-au-Prince , Haiti |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 2010 |
| Place of death | Port-au-Prince , Haiti |