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A look at the life of football pioneer and war hero Walter Tull. He was one of the very first black players in a major British football team and the first ... Walter Tull was a successful footballer and officer in the British Army in World War One. These achievements are even more exceptional because Walter was Afro- ... He began playing for Clapton FC in 1908 and within a few months he had won winners' medals in the FA Amateur Cup, London County Amateur Cup and London Senior ... Mar 23, 2018 ... A posthumous Military Cross to be awarded to Walter Tull, the first black officer in the British Army and one of the first black professional footballers. Jan 4, 2014 ... Before the war, Mr Walter Tull played professional football with Tottenham Hotspur and. Northampton, and joined the Army in September 1914 ... Jul 25, 2022 ... In 1914, at the start of the war, he signed up for the 17th (1st Football) Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment as a Lance Corporal. During his ... Walter was a keen footballer and in 1908 he was signed up for a local amateur side, Clapton FC. He was later spotted by Tottenham Hotspur and signed ... Sep 8, 2024 ... The drama tells the inspiring story of pioneering black footballer Walter Tull. Award-winning playwright Dougie Blaxland and celebrated composer ... Aug 22, 2019 ... Walter Tull: football's hidden pioneer whose story everyone should know ... Walter Tull. It's a name every player and football fan should know. William Daniel John Tull was one of Britain's first Black infantry officers - a Black Briton in a society where there were few others.