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Alvin Corneal, receives the 2011 Republic Day Award.
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Corneal, who represented Trinidad and Tobago at both cricket and football, was also a member of the first Caribbean Representative football team. He is a sports consultant specialising in organisation, management and coaching.On the death of the legendary Sir Frank Worrell, Corneal was given the job as Director of Sports at the UWI, a position which he held from 1968 to 1973. He accepted an appointment offered to him by the President of the country Sir Ellis Clarke to be a member of a commission of enquiry into the state of cricket in T&T, after which the said committee rewrote the constitution of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board of Control (TTCBC).
He accepted a government appointment as a Coaching specialist for both cricket and football in the Ministry of Education from 1974 to 1987. Subsequently, on the request of the NAR government, he was appointed as a special advisor to the Minister of Sport from 1987 to 1991. He received an invitation by the North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina to be head coach of their Soccer program from 1994-1998. Since 1994, Alvin Corneal became one of FIFA's twelve Coaching Instructors. He is a member of the FIFA's Football and Technical Committees to this present time. He is first Caribbean instructor for FIFA and at this point, the longest serving member of the FIFA Technical group.
He was a presenter of Sports News nightly for Trinidad and Tobago Television. He has also been a Radio/Television commentator. /analyst for international events of Soccer, Cricket, Boxing, Track and Field, Basketball, Swimming, and Cycling. He was also employed by Caribbean Broadcasting Union, Nigeria Television and National Broadcasting Service of Trinidad and Tobago.
He was the National senior Coach in 1979-82 and again in 1990-91.
During his tenure, Trinidad and Tobago won the Caribbean Nations Cup for the first time in its history (1982). During his coaching stint, the National team played twenty-eight matches, won twenty-two, drew two and lost four. Corneal served as Caribbean Soccer Coach from 1982-83 and 1993-94. The team, toured Mexico and England, played nine matches, won five and lost four.
Between 1967 and 1968, he played football for the St. Vincent National Team which won the Windward Islands Annual Tournament. He also represented both the Guyana and Barbados National Teams in 1961 and 1962 respectively He coached the professional team ASL from 1984-1986 and won the National league both years. The team played twenty three matches, won 18, drew 2 and lost 3. Corneal was the Head Coach at North Carolina State University Women’s Team from 1994 – 1996. The team played 59 games, winning 30 of those. The university made the play offs three times in three consecutive years. He also served as Head Soccer Coach for the Raleigh Flyers professional “A” league Club in 1998.
Alvin Corneal was awarded a scholarship at the then Trinidad Petroleum Development Co. Ltd. to be trained as a Driller and was actually the second local to be offered this position (1957 to1960). He was employed be Tate and Lyle of UK to be a cultivation overseer at Caroni Ltd, a position which he held from 1960-61.
Corneal, a former Maple player, scored 69 goals in 119 appearances for the national soccer team between 1955 and 1969. He was also a member of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Team from 1955-1971 scoring 1427 runs and four centuries at an average of 33.7 runs per inning. As a bowler for his country, he took 29 wickets at 23 runs each. He also played field hockey, table tennis and golf. Corneal was member of the South Trinidad Table Tennis team and a member of Maple 1st Division Field Hockey squad He won the St. Andrew’s Christmas Golf Tournament 1984. He has been married to Avis Canterbury (Retired School Teacher) for 51 years and has four children: Alan (TV Sports Producer and high School Soccer Coach); Arnold (Manager, Corporate Communications office, Petrotrin)); Anton (Technical director for National Youth programs in Trinidad and Tobago, assistant coach, national senior team, former Director of Coaching at Piedmont Soccer Alliance, High point, North Carolina , USA) Presently, National U-17 coach and Alicia (Flight Attendant, BWIA). He has seven grandchildren: Antonio, Adam, Angelo, Arturo, Annah, Tyler, and Sydney.
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