NARRATOR: Walter Tull. Soccer Soldier ... At 21 he was only the second black football league player. He went on to play for Northampton Town but when war was declared in 1914, Walter joined ...
Walter’s career with ‘The Cobblers’ was impressive and by 1914, he had made 111 appearances. He was described in one account as ‘…an untiring player and a tower of strength in the half-back line’.
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'Playing Walter Tull got me through my hardships'An actor playing the lead role in a musical about Walter Tull said the character helped ... the British army and one of England's first black football players, facing racial abuse while playing ...
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