Walter Tull

Yardley Gobion History Group

Thursday, 3rd October 2024 at 7.30 pm
Yardley Gobion Village Hall, Chestnut Road, Yardley Gobion, Towcester NN12 7TW

Graham McKechnie presents a talk about Walter Tull, the first black footballer to play at the highest level of the domestic game in the UK.

He went onto achieve yet another historic breakthrough as the first man of his heritage to be commissioned as an officer in the British Army.

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