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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 ... TULL100: War Historian Jon Cooksey tells us about the life of Walter Tull. Northampton Town Football Club · 4:20 · TULL100: BBC Radio Northampton's Graham ... Nov 12, 2024 ... Edward was adopted by the Warnock family of Glasgow, becoming Edward Tull-Warnock. Tull's professional football career began after he signed ... Walter Daniel John Tull (28 April 1888 – 25 March 1918) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward for Tottenham Hotspur and ... Oct 26, 2022 ... Walter Tull (1888-1918) was a professional footballer and WWI soldier. Beginning his football career at Clapton FC at the age of 20, he was soon spotted and ... Racialised as Black, he was one of the first Mixed-Race players in first class English football (Vasili, 2010: 110-126). ... Walter Tull, footballer to solider ( ... 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. Walter Daniel John Tull (28 April 1888 – 25 March 1918) was an English professional footballer and British Army officer of Afro-Caribbean descent. Mar 23, 2018 ... Walter Tull: The incredible story of a football pioneer and war hero · He was one of English football's first black players and the British ... Oct 24, 2012 ... Walter Tull's tale may be nearly a century old but the lessons he learnt on the football field and in the trenches remain true to this day.