Justin Fashanu Suicide

29th February 2016. #LGBTInnovators - Footballer Justin Fashanu ... Justin Fashanu was a trail-blazer. He was Britain's first million pound black footballer ... Jul 6, 2010 ... Justin Fashanu - not only the first openly gay footballer, but the first black player to command a £1 million transfer fee - committed suicide. A dangerous and promising forward, Justin Fashanu was the first professional footballer in England to come out as gay. Their last film, The Crazy Gang, traced the history of the now dissolved Wimbledon FC, and particularly their unexpected rise to the highest tier of football in ... Feb 19, 2020 ... Justin Fashanu inducted into National Football Museum's Hall of Fame ... JUSTIN FASHANU, Britain's first and only out gay male professional ... May 10, 2017 ... Fascinating documentary chronicles the turbulent life of the first out gay professional soccer player two decades after his suicide. Feb 21, 2014 ... Justin Fashanu (Justinus Soli Fashanu, 1961–1998) was an English professional footballer, the only professional footballer in the UK (and so far one of only ... On 22 October 1990, Justin Fashanu came out of the closet as the first openly gay professional football (soccer) player in the world. After learning that ... May 16, 1998 ... Britain's first openly gay footballer, Justin Fashanu hanged himself earlier this month in a garage in east London. His was a life full of contradictions. Jun 4, 2021 ... This extract from Isabel Waidner's novel Sterling Karat Gold takes the form of a letter to footballer Justin Fashanu.