The First Black Footballer
Download or Read eBook The First Black Footballer PDF written by Phil Vasili and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Phil Vasili |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 2012-11-12 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781136322549 |
| ISBN-13 | : 113632254X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The First Black Footballer by : Phil Vasili
Book excerpt: Arthur Wharton was the world's first black professional footballer, and the first African to play professional cricket in Yorkshire and Lancashire leagues. Those promoting Empire as an expression of white supremacy found him a supreme irritation, and he eventually died in poverty.
