The First Black Footballer Arthur Wharton, 1865-1930 : An Absence of Memory - Sport in the Global Society

Phil Vasili

Paperback (30 Sep 1997)

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Arthur Wharton was the world's first black professional footballer, and the first African to play professional cricket in Yorkshire and Lancashire leagues. Those promoting Empire as an expression of white supremacy found him a supreme irritation, and he eventually died in poverty.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780714644592
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	30 Sep 1997
DEWEY:	796.334092
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Number of pages:	217
Weight:	412g
Height:	233mm
Width:	156mm
Spine width:	25mm