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The inspiring story of the soccer player who became a war hero
The name Walter Tull likely falls on many a deaf ear. Tull, though, was one of English football's first black players and the British Army's first ever black officer to command white troops.
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Who was Walter Tull and what did he do?
NARRATOR: Walter Tull. Soccer Soldier. Walter was born in Folkestone, Kent in 1888. He grew up in a children’s home in London after his parents died. After leaving school he became a printer’s ...
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'Playing Walter Tull got me through my hardships'
An actor playing the lead role in a musical about Walter Tull said the character helped him to cope with his own hardships. Tull was the first ever black officer to command white troops in the ...
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Walter Tull Inducted Into National Football Museum Hall of Fame
His story is both a tragic but also an astonishing one, with club representatives yesterday present at a ceremony in central Manchester. Walter was born in Folkstone in 1888, one of five children to ...