Arthur Wharton
Ghanaian footballer
Died when: 65 years 46 days (781 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Arthur Wharton (28 October 1865 – 12 December 1930) was widely considered to be the first black professional footballer in the world.Though not the first black player outright – the amateurs Robert Walker, of Queen's Park, and Scotland international player, Andrew Watson, predate him (possibly a professional before Arthur Wharton for Bootle F.C. in 1887) – Wharton may have been the first black professional and the first to play in the Football League.
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