Footballers

Encyclopaedia Africana J Resources Hub Sports (RH) August 11, 2020 Jack Leslie: Black footballer statue campaign reaches goal

Crowdfunders have raised £100,000 to erect a statue of a footballer who was dropped from the England team when selectors discovered he was black.

Encyclopaedia Africana P August 7, 2020 PELE

Pelé announced his retirement from soccer in 1974, but he was lured back to the field the following year to play for the New York Cosmos.

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