Profiles: Heroes, Role Models and Pioneers of Trinidad and Tobago - by Nasser Khan

156 • Constantine Park, Tunapuna Biographies : A Look at Learie Constantine, Undine Giuseppi, 1974; Learie N. Constantine (booklet), compiled by Eustace Ward, 1948; Learie Constantine, Gerald Howat, 1975; Learie Constantine by Peter Mason 2008 Books written by him: Cricket And I, 1933 (with CLR James); Colour Bar, 1954 (with CLR James); The Changing Face of Cricket, 1966 (with Denzil Batchelor); Cricket in the Sun 1946; How to Play Cricket 1951; Cricketers’Carnival 1948; Cricket Crackers 1949; The Young Cricketer’s Companion 1964; Cricket and I with C.L.R. James 1933; Cricketers’ Cricket, 1949; It’s like this Cat, 1963; The Young Cricketer’s Companion, 1964 . Recorded Calypsoes about him: Lord Caresser 1939; Black Stalin 1962 Other positions held: Member of Race Relations Board and the Sports Council (UK); BBC Broadcaster; Rector of St. Andrew’s University 1967. HASELY J. CRAWFORD (1950- ) S an Fernando-born, Hasely Crawford had the world at his feet, literally, in 1976 when he became the first T&T national to capture a gold medal at the Olympics. Guaracara Park was his “home” ground and it was from here that he graduated to an athletic scholarship in 1971 to the University of Eastern Michigan in the United States of America. Hasely’s rise was quick and dazzling. In 1972 he was chosen to represent T&T at the Olympic Games at Munich but an injury caused his poor showing in the final. Determined, he trained hard until 1976 rolled around. He also competed at the 1980 Moscow and 1984 Los Angeles Olympics but did not make it to the finals. In his honour he had a BWIA plane named after him, has appeared on postage stamps and had the national stadium renamed the Hasely Crawford Stadium.