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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.
Tull was the first ever black officer to command white troops in the British army and one of England's first black football players, facing racial abuse while playing for Tottenham Hotspur and ...
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 ...
This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Tottenham Hotspur since its foundation as Hotspur F.C. in 1882. ... Walter Tull England: FW: 1909–1911 ...
A second football battalion, the 23rd (Service) Battalion was formed in June 1915. [1] Former Tottenham Hotspur and Clapton Orient footballer Alan Haig-Brown was appointed commanding officer in September 1916.
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]
Newcastle United (92), Tottenham Hotspur (92), Middlesbrough ... Walter Tull: 115 11 MF ... Walter Winterbottom: 1946–1962 139 78 33 28
Tottenham Hotspur are an English association football club based in Tottenham, London.Founded in 1882, it was when they entered the Southern League that they found success, winning the competition in 1900, and in the following season of 1901, while still classed as a non-league club, famously going on to win the FA Cup.