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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.
Pages in category "African-American soccer players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 377 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 ...
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 ...
Hawkins was called up to the U.S. national team in 1984. When he entered the field for a December 2, 1984 game with Ecuador, he became the first native U.S. black soccer player to earn a cap. [5] That game, part of the Miami Cup, ended in a 2–2 tie and Hawkins was subbed out for Dave Cayemitte in the second half. [6]
Hanging from a highway bridge in Madrid, an effigy of one of the world’s most famous Black soccer players stands as a graphic reminder of the racism that sweeps through European soccer. In Italy ...
In France, where Black players from the men’s national team were targeted with horrific racial abuse online after they lost in last year’s World Cup final. Go outside Europe and you’ll find ...
Wayne Embry, first African-American General manager and team president in NBA history, 2x NBA Executive of the Year [2] Rube Foster , former executive of the Chicago American Giants Rod Higgins , former president of Basketball Operations for the Charlotte Bobcats