Joe Gaetjens
Soccer Player
Haitian soccer player who played for the US national team in the 1950 FIFA World Cup and scored the winning goal against England.
He won two Ligue Haïtienne championships when he was 14 and 16.
He was killed by Haiti's secret police because his brother was associated with a group of exiles and revolutionaries.
His father was of German descent and even went as far to register his birth certificate with the German embassy just in case he ever wanted German citizenship.
He was portrayed by Jimmy Jean Louis in the film The Game of Their Lives.