 He must have been one of the most respected black people in the whole of the world at this point to get that sort of reception. Worrell was 39 in 1963, a great captain of a great West Indies side, waving farewell to a crowd of English and West Indian fans from the balcony just below us. Within a year, he would be awarded a knighthood by the Queen. By the age of 42, Sir Frank Worrell would be dead.