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.
| ISBN: | 9780714649030 |
| Publication date: | 30th September 1998 |
| Author: | Phil Vasili |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 217 pages |
| Series: | Sport in the Global Society |
| Genres: |
History of sport Social and cultural history European history |