Walter Tull - first Black football player

'East End Life' had an interesting article on Walter Tull - who played for Clapton Orient, Tottenham Hotspur, and Northampton town - the first outfield player who was also black, He was brought up in an Orphanage in Bethnal Green, London. He rose to be an officer in the Army and died at the second battle of the Somme in 1918 Walter Tull

His brother, Edward became a dentist.

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