Key Matches for Northampton

May 8, 2024 ... Drama honours pioneering black footballer and war hero Walter Tull ... The life of one of English football's first black players and the British ... Walter Tull was the first black football player within professional British football leagues and the first black army officer within Britain. Dec 8, 2015 ... The Legacy of Walter Tull: The First Black Outfield Player to Play Football in Britain ... Born on April 28th 1888, Walter Tull lived in ... Jun 5, 2013 ... Walter Daniel Tull (1888 - 1918) - first established his sporting credentials at Forest Gate's Clapton FC, in the years before the first World War. Walter was only the second black man to play professional football in Britain. Tottenham Hotspur. Football Team 1909. Walter played for Tottenham until. 1910 ... Dec 5, 2022 ... Walter Tull was a trailblazer. But when World War I broke out, he became the first Black officer in the British army to lead a battalion. Oct 19, 2021 ... TULL, one of Britain's first black professional footballers has been posthumously inducted into the National Football Museum's Hall of Fame. Oct 31, 2012 ... Black footballer and army captain Walter Tull died at the Somme, but he never got his medal for bravery. Author Michael Morpurgo tells ... 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. Sep 13, 2015 ... Walter Tull one of Britain's first black 1st division footballer's and first black infantry army officer who died in action 1918.