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Statue calls for man who should have been England's first black player 95 years ago
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mirror.co.ukFootball fans want to honour the man who was set to become England’s first black player 95 years ago – but was dropped when selectors found out his ethnicity.
A campaign has been launched to build a statue of Jack Leslie. He was picked to play for England against Ireland in 1925, before being suddenly ditched.
The Jack Leslie Campaign says: “After his selection, his name mysteriously disappeared from the team-sheet, seemingly because FA officials had come to look at him in person and discovered that he was black.” Viv Anderson became the first black player to represent England at senior level – 53 years later in 1978.
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