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THE FIRST BLACK FOOTBALLER: ARTHUR WHARTON 1865-1930. AN ABSENCE OF MEMORY

THE FIRST BLACK FOOTBALLER: ARTHUR WHARTON 1865-1930. AN ABSENCE OF MEMORY

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Although not the first black player outright - the amateur Andrew Watson predated him - Wharton (1865-1930) was the first black professional and the first to play in the English Football League, where he turned out for Preston North End and Rotherham United. 

Paperback. 8vo. 217pp. + [7] 16 pages of photographs. Pictorial stiffened card covers, very good.

 

Date
1998
Publisher
Frank Cass
Author
Phil VASILI

£40.00 (Code: 73720)

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