Does it feel good to finally get some credit for knocking off England at the 1950 World Cup?
It’s taken 60 years for many people to notice what my teammates and I accomplished at that World Cup. Better late then never I guess. It’s great to finally get some recognition. At the time, no one noticed. The newspapers didn’t mention it. You must be recognized everywhere you go these days? Like I said, it’s nice to get the recognition. It really has been a long time coming. What are some of the misconceptions surrounding that historic upset? Many people, including some historians and those in our own Federation, have said what we did was a fluke. It was no fluke. The English were a very good team. The odds were 500-1 that we would win. We played our hearts out that day. We were better than them that day. There are also stories about how we walked around in straw hats and smoking cigars before the game. That never happened. How did you celebrate the win afterward? The crowd ran onto the field and lifted Joe (Gaetjens) on their shoulders and paraded him around the field. The crowd had
