In what ways did Laurie Cunningham influence future generations of players?

Oct 2, 2024 ... What I would like to say though is that the likes of Cyrille Regis and Laurie Cunningham ... Laurie ended up being the first when he played for ... Prints of West Bromwich Albion footballers Laurie Cunningham and Cyrille Regis with West Brom fans at The Hawthorns. Laurie Cunningham was a talented forward player who enjoyed success with the Leyton Orient, West Bromwich Albion and the Spanish club Real Madrid. English footballer Laurie Cunningham of League Division 2 team Leyton Orient FC at the start of the 1973-74 football season, UK, 24th August 1973. Cyrille played as one of three black players at West Brom alongside Laurie Cunningham and Brendon Batson. At a time when the First Division had very few black ... Sep 21, 2016 ... Football legend Laurie Cunningham honoured with blue plaque ... Football legend Laurie Cunningham has been honoured with a blue plaque at his ... The Sporting Statues Project, University of Sheffield. The remarkable career of the footballer who became the first Englishman to transfer to Real Madrid and the first black player to represent England in a ... Feb 26, 2016 ... Cunningham was the first of a group of homegrown black wingers who illuminated English football in the 1970s and 80s. The others included Vince ... Mar 8, 2014 ... Imagine if he'd spent his whole career at the albion, with players like Tony Brown, Cyrille Regis, Peter Barnes etc around him they would have won something.