For the American labor union leader, see Arthur O. Wharton.
Arthur Wharton
Personal information
Date of birth
(1865-10-28)28 October 1865
Place of birth
Jamestown, Gold Coast
Date of death
13 December 1930(1930-12-13) (aged 65)
Place of death
Edlington, Yorkshire, England
Position(s)
Goalkeeper/Winger
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1885–1886
Darlington
1886–1888
Preston North End
1889–1894
Rotherham Town
19
(0)
1894–1895
Sheffield United
1
(0)
1895–1896
Rotherham Town
15
(0)
1896–1897
Stalybridge Rovers
1897–1899
Ashton North End
1899–1901
Stalybridge Rovers
1901–1902
Stockport County
6
(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Arthur Wharton (28 October 1865 – 12 December 1930) was a Gold Coast born mixed race British football player. He is widely considered to be the first black professional footballer in the world.[1][2][3] 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)[4][5] – Wharton may have been the first black professional and the first to play in the Football League.[1]
^ ab"Arthur Wharton". 100 Great Black Britons.
^Phil Vasili (1998). The First Black Footballer, Arthur Wharton, 1865–1930. Frank Cass. ISBN 0-7146-4903-1.
^"Arthur Wharton". Football Unites, Racism Divides. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
^"Fate of Scotland's first black footballer revealed". www.scotsman.com.
^Moffitt, Dominic (14 October 2021). "Andrew Watson: The pioneering black footballer who turned pro at Bootle". Liverpool Echo.
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