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Walter Daniel John Tull (28 April 1888 – 25 March 1918) was an English professional footballer and British Army officer of Afro-Caribbean descent. He played as an inside forward and half back for Clapton, Tottenham Hotspur and Northampton Town and was the third person of mixed heritage to play in the top division of the Football League after Arthur Wharton and Willie Clarke.
An actor playing the lead role in a musical about Walter Tull said the character helped him to cope with his own hardships. Tull was the first ever black officer to command white troops in the ...
An MP has called for a World War One soldier, who was one of England's first black professional footballers, to be awarded the Military Cross. Walter Tull, who played for Tottenham Hotspur and ...
The 17th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment was an infantry battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, part of the British Army, which was formed as a Pals battalion during the Great War.
Liam Gerrard is a British-Irish film, television and theatre actor. He is also an acclaimed voice-over artist and audiobook narrator. He is best known for his BAFTA-nominated work: Walter Tull: Britain's First Black Officer, Peterloo and Coronation Street.
Pioneering black players in early English football history include Gold Coast (Ghana)-born Arthur Wharton who was the first black professional in the 1880s, [3] and former Tottenham Hotspur player Walter Tull who was killed in World War I where he was the first black commander in the British Army to command white troops. [4]
MP calls for Walter Tull to receive Military Cross "I was led to my coat peg and it suddenly hit home" Related internet links. Lucy Rigby MP. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement.
Walter Tull, footballer and British army officer, his father Daniel Tull was born in Barbados; Alison Hinds, popular female Barbadian Soca singer, (born in England to Barbadian parents) Gary Younge, journalist, author and broadcaster [17] Benjamin Zephaniah, writer and poet, Bajan father [18] La'Vere Corbin-Ong, footballer father)