Jamaican football player and journalist (1927–2017)
Lindy Delapenha
Personal information
Full name
Lloyd Lindbergh Delapenha
Date of birth
(1927-05-20)20 May 1927
Place of birth
Spanish Town, Jamaica
Date of death
26 January 2017(2017-01-26) (aged 89)
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1948–1950
Portsmouth
8
(1)
1950–1958
Middlesbrough
260
(90)
1958–1960
Mansfield Town
115
(27[1])
1960
Hereford United
1964
Burton Albion
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Lloyd Lindbergh "Lindy" Delapenha (20 May 1927 – 26 January 2017) was a Jamaican footballer and sports journalist. He was the first Jamaican to play professional football in England.[2] Between 1948 and 1960, he played league football for Portsmouth, Middlesbrough and Mansfield Town. Despite limited appearances for Portsmouth in the 1948/1949 and 1949/1950 seasons, he nevertheless played a part in the club's two title-winning sides and with it became the first black player to win a First Division championship medal.[3]
^Barry J Hugman, The PFA Premier and Football League Players Records 1946–2015, G2 Entertainment, 2015, p. 224
^"Lloyd Delapenha". Football United, Racism Divides. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2007.
^"#BlackHistoryMonth: The legacy of Lindy Delapenha | Middlesbrough FC". www.mfc.co.uk. 12 October 2021. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
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