Winston Anglin
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 August 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Jamaica | ||
| Date of death | 5 September 2004 (aged 42) | ||
| Place of death | Discovery Bay, Jamaica | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Wadadah | |||
| Waterhouse | |||
| Violet Kickers | |||
| Village United | |||
| Invaders | |||
| International career | |||
| 1987–1993 | Jamaica | 37 | (8) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Winston Anglin (27 August 1962 – 5 September 2004) was a Jamaican international football player.
Nicknamed Twinny Bug he played for local sides Wadadah F.C., Waterhouse F.C. and Village United F.C. He was one of the island's most consistent, but sharp-tempered midfielders of the 1980s.
International career
He also played 83 times for the Reggae Boyz and scored one goal in Jamaica's 2–0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago in the final of the Shell Caribbean Cup in 1991. Also, he scored twice in a World Cup qualifier against Puerto Rico in 1988.
Drugs offence
However, his career as a national team player ended in 1995 after he was given an 18-month sentence in the US for cocaine trafficking. Anglin was held at New York's JFK International Airport with 103 ballons of the drug in his stomach. He returned to Jamaica shortly after being released on parole and continued to play club football, doing so well that his supporters waged numerous calls for his return to the national team. But his drug conviction and several battles with match officials forced national coaches to ignore his claims for a recall.
