Antoine Craan
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M. Antoine Craan was a Haitian-Canadian soccer player and one of the first black professional soccer players in Quebec province.
and in 1955 moved to Montreal
to play soccer for Le Tricolore de Montréal
. Craan was one of the first two black players to play professional soccer in Quebec. In the 1960s he began work in the Ligue de Soccer Mineur in Montreal. Later he became technical director for the Fédération de Soccer du Québec and trained referees. Craan was inducted to the soccer federation’s hall of fame in 2001.
In the 1980s Craan embraced Raëlism
and later became a Raelian Guide Priest. Craan had lived in Montreal’s Le Plateau-Mont-Royal
and Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie
boroughs and had seven children, including Caroll-yn Craan and Dany Craan.
In the mid-1990s Craan moved to Port-au-Prince
in Haiti, where he worked as the director of the École fédérale de l’arbitrage de football. He also accompanied many Haitian youth soccer teams to tournaments abroad. He also was active in the Raelian movement in Haiti and became president of the Mouvement Raëlien Haïtien. On 24 December 2008 he married his second wife, Gertha Daquin-Craan, who had a daughter Mihalove. On 12 January 2010 a magnitude 7.0 Mw
earthquake
struck Port-au-Prince. Craan was at his office when the quake hit and was able to evacuate the building, but he was then struck by a piece of falling concrete and killed instantly. He was buried in a cemetery near his office. Both Craan’s wife Gertha and granddaughter Mihalove were among the thousands of missing following the earthquake.
Life
Antoine Craan was born in Port-au-PrincePort-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....
and in 1955 moved to Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
to play soccer for Le Tricolore de Montréal
Le Tricolore de Montréal
Le Tricolore de Montréal was a professional Canadian soccer team that operated in Montreal, Quebec in the 1950s....
. Craan was one of the first two black players to play professional soccer in Quebec. In the 1960s he began work in the Ligue de Soccer Mineur in Montreal. Later he became technical director for the Fédération de Soccer du Québec and trained referees. Craan was inducted to the soccer federation’s hall of fame in 2001.
In the 1980s Craan embraced Raëlism
Raëlism
Raëlism is a UFO religion that was founded in 1974 by Claude Vorilhon, now known as Raël.The Raëlian Movement teaches that life on Earth was scientifically created by a species of extraterrestrials, which they call the Elohim...
and later became a Raelian Guide Priest. Craan had lived in Montreal’s Le Plateau-Mont-Royal
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal is a borough of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.The Plateau-Mont-Royal takes its name from its location on relatively flat terrain north of Sherbrooke Street and downtown, and east of Mont-Royal...
and Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie is a borough in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the centre-east of the city.-Geography:...
boroughs and had seven children, including Caroll-yn Craan and Dany Craan.
In the mid-1990s Craan moved to Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....
in Haiti, where he worked as the director of the École fédérale de l’arbitrage de football. He also accompanied many Haitian youth soccer teams to tournaments abroad. He also was active in the Raelian movement in Haiti and became president of the Mouvement Raëlien Haïtien. On 24 December 2008 he married his second wife, Gertha Daquin-Craan, who had a daughter Mihalove. On 12 January 2010 a magnitude 7.0 Mw
Moment magnitude scale
The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...
earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicentre near the town of Léogâne, approximately west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time on Tuesday, 12 January 2010.By 24 January, at least 52 aftershocks...
struck Port-au-Prince. Craan was at his office when the quake hit and was able to evacuate the building, but he was then struck by a piece of falling concrete and killed instantly. He was buried in a cemetery near his office. Both Craan’s wife Gertha and granddaughter Mihalove were among the thousands of missing following the earthquake.