Career
His position was midfielder or defender. Nicknamed "Jair", he started his footballing career at high school, winning the Triple Crown as a captain with Camperdown High School. Cargill also played for local sides Swallowfield Football Club, Central Committee Lions, Hazard United and Harbour View F.C. and also spent 8 years in Israel with Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Petah Tikva.
The versatile player returned to Jamaica in 1996 and was called up to the Jamaica team
He collected a total of 84 caps and scored 3 times. After retiring as a player, he became Reggae Boyz" assistant head coach until 2004.
Then he coached Jamaican Premier League outfit Waterhouse F.C. Like his World Cup team-mate Stephen Malcolm and Jamaican legend Winston Anglin, Cargill was killed in a road accident. He died of severe injuries in Saint Ann Parish while on his way to a football match against Wadadah F.C. in Montego Bay when the minivan he was travelling in overturned and struck a boulder head-on.