Former T&T men's football team manager Richard Braithwaite was cremated yesterday at the Long Circular crematorium in St James following a church service at the St Patrick RC Church,
Maraval Road, Port-of-Spain.
Richard passed away on Saturday afternoon at the San Fernando General Hospital following an illness.
Braithwaite, 60, a former employee of Petrotin in the 1980 and 1990s, was the founder of Trintoc football team which campaigned in the TTFF South zone until the merger that formed Petrotrin.
He also played a key role in the formation of the Petrotrin football team before he served with the company in late 1990s.
The native of Cascade and dubbed the adopted son of Point Fortin, Braithwaite was admitted at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Port-of-Spain General Hospital on January 4.
Before his national stints he was an outstanding player with Soul City of Cascade.
He was the national football manager between the years of 1996 and 2000, and again 2004 and 2005.
He was a member of the Fifa Technical Development Committee from 2001 to 2006 and was presented with a Prime Ministerial award in 1998 for his contribution to the development of sport in T&T.
He leaves to mourn his two daughters Chantel and Sherice and wife Paula. Rest In Peace friend.