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Arthur Wharton (28 October 1865 – 12 December 1930) was a British footballer. He is widely considered to be the first black professional footballer in the world. [1] [2] [3] Though not the first black player outright – the amateurs Robert Walker, of Queen's Park, and Scotland international player, Andrew Watson, predate him (possibly a professional before Arthur Wharton for Bootle F.C. in ...
Andrew Watson (24 May 1856 – 8 March 1921) was a Scottish footballer who is widely considered to be the first black person to play association football at international level.
The following is a list of the first black or mixed-race players to represent European international association football teams. The first black man to play international football was Andrew Watson, who earned the first of his three caps for Scotland on 12 March 1881, when he captained them in a 6–1 win away to England at The Oval in London. [1]
The son of a former NBA player, Stephen “Steph” Curry has basketball in his blood.Curry, the starting point guard for the Golden State Warriors basketball team, is among the most famous Black ...
Pages in category "African-American soccer players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 376 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
While most of these athletes and personalities changed the world many decades ago, there are still several black athletes who are achieving firsts in their sports today. Below, learn more about 19 ...
First African-American baseball player to be named the Major League Baseball World Series MVP: Bob Gibson, St. Louis Cardinals [45] First African-American to join the Ladies Professional Golf Association: Althea Gibson; First African-American baseball player to be named the captain of a Major League Baseball team: Willie Mays, San Francisco ...
The Black player currently subjected to the most vicious, relentless and high-profile racist insults is Vinícius Júnior, a 22-year-old Brazilian who The post Racist abuse of Vinícius Júnior ...