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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 ...
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.
John Francis Leslie (17 August 1901 – 25 November 1988) [1] was an English professional footballer who played as an inside left. Leslie was the only black professional player in England during his time with Plymouth Argyle. Leslie enjoyed a 14–season spell with Argyle, having joined the club from Barking Town in 1921.
In 1978, he became the first black footballer to play for England's senior men's national team, and from 1980 to 1988, was selected in the England squad for four major tournaments. [3] He also had a short-lived managerial career with Barnsley , before joining Middlesbrough as assistant manager to Bryan Robson , where he remained until 2001.
Cunningham received his first international call-up to the England U21 side in 1977 while playing for West Bromwich Albion, becoming the first black footballer to represent an England international team organised by the Football Association. He later earned six caps for the full national team between 1979 and 1980, becoming one of the first ...
Albert Louis Johanneson (13 March 1940 – 28 September 1995) was a South African professional footballer who was one of the first high-profile black men, of any nationality, to play top-flight football in England. He is recognised as being the first person of African heritage to play in the FA Cup final, in 1965 for Leeds United.
Bootle, England: Date of death: 1905 (aged 28–29) [1] ... was a British footballer, considered to be the first known black women's footballer in Britain. [2] [3 ...
As one of England's first black footballers, Best was regularly targeted with racist chanting from the terraces, [3] but eventually became a fan favourite at Upton Park.He was a strong, powerful player with the skills of the traditional English centre forward, tough to dispossess when he had the ball and good in the air.