Key Contributions to His Teams

He ultimately ended up being a very talented English footballer, making his debut for Norwich City FC as a central striker at 17. Fashanu played 103 matches for ... Ekow Eshun on the first openly gay footballer, Justin Fashanu. In 1981 Brian ... Four decades later Justin Fashanu remains top flight English football's only ... Feb 15, 2022 ... Justin Fashanu, a professional footballer, a born-again Christian, a black man, and gay. He's as rare in the football world as wasps are in winter. 29th February 2016. #LGBTInnovators - Footballer Justin Fashanu ... Justin Fashanu was a trail-blazer. He was Britain's first million pound black footballer ... Jul 1, 2020 ... Justin is Britain's first and only 'out' gay male professional footballer. Yesterday would have been his 59 th birthday. Dec 2, 2022 ... The life of Justin Fashanu, the first footballer to come out as gay, and his brother John Fashanu, is to be turned into an ITV drama from BAFTA-nominated ... ... football. The Justin Campaign, Amal Fashanu's documentary and the Gay Footballers' Support Network have gone some way to changing that, but there's still a ... Jun 11, 2023 ... the first openly gay professional men's footballer — one of England's most headline-grabbing stars of the 80s and 90s — ended his career playing ... Apr 28, 2022 ... There has still not been another openly gay Black footballer since Justin Fashanu. Twenty-four years on from his death, the one thing that resonates most ... Dec 5, 2022 ... Justin Fashanu leaning against a goalpost in a Norwich City kit. Credit: Getty. The life of the first professional footballer in England to come ...