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Walter Tull

Catalogue Reference:(HMA) ldbcm2002.128

A photograph of Walter D Tull (1888-1918) who was one of Britian's first black professional footballers, taken while he was playing for Tottenham Hotspurs. He played for the London club from 1909 until 1912 when he moved to Northampton Town, following racial abuse on the pitch from the crowd. He was killed at the age of 29 in the last Battle of the Somme in 1918.

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