Leading Men in Action Experiences as a Junior Officer

Mar 27, 2018 ... The PFA have been proud of the contributions of Walter Tull for many years. He was part of the 1st Footballers Battallion, the 17th (Service) ... Dec 7, 2024 ... In part one, we went into soccer pioneer Walter Tull's short career in English professional football. A stellar athlete he performed well on ... 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. Nov 2, 2021 ... Walter Tull, the first black player to sign for #RangersFC, was recently inducted into the highly prestigious National @FootballMuseum Hall ... 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. Walter Daniel John Tull (28 April 1888 – 25 March 1918) was an English professional footballer. He played as an inside forward for Tottenham Hotspur and ... Walter Tull was a professional footballer, the second professional black player in the Football League, who joined Northampton Town Football Club in 1911. 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 ... National Archives reference WO 339/90293, and reproduced under the Open Government License. I have always had a love of sport, especially football, and I first ... Football Battalion in World War i ... This racial abuse left Walter sitting on the bench for many a game, until he was signed to Northampton Town FC. He played ...