1912-13 NORTHAMPTON TOWN F.C. TEAM PHOTO POSTCARD WITH WALTER TULL
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YEAR: 1912-13
ISSUE: UNKNOWN
NUMBER: N/A
CONDITION: GOOD — ROUNDING TO THE CORNERS, LIGHT CREASING, SIGNS OF TAPE REMOVAL TO VERSO.
WALTER TULL WAS THE THIRD PERSON OF MIXED HERITAGE TO PLAY IN THE TOP DIVISION OF THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE AFTER ARTHUR WHARTON AND WILLIE CLARKE. DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR, HE SERVED IN THE MIDDLESEX REGIMENT, INCLUDING IN THE TWO FOOTBALLERS' BATTALIONS. HE WAS COMMISSIONED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT ON 30 MAY 1917. TULL SIGNED TO PLAY FOR GLASGOW RANGERS IN FEBRUARY 1917, BUT WAS SADLY KILLED IN ACTION [ON 25 MARCH 1918] BEFORE HE COULD MAKE AN APPEARANCE FOR THE CLUB.
TULL WAS ONE OF THE FIRST — AND CERTAINLY ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE — BLACK OFFICERS IN THE BRITISH ARMY. HE WAS PROMOTED ON MERIT, SHOWING HOW HIGHLY HE WAS RESPECTED. HIS STORY BECAME A POWERFUL SYMBOL OF BREAKING RACIAL BARRIERS BOTH IN SPORT AND THE MILITARY. ORIGINAL PHOTOS AND CARDS FROM HIS PLAYING DAYS ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.
ISSUE: UNKNOWN
NUMBER: N/A
CONDITION: GOOD — ROUNDING TO THE CORNERS, LIGHT CREASING, SIGNS OF TAPE REMOVAL TO VERSO.
WALTER TULL WAS THE THIRD PERSON OF MIXED HERITAGE TO PLAY IN THE TOP DIVISION OF THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE AFTER ARTHUR WHARTON AND WILLIE CLARKE. DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR, HE SERVED IN THE MIDDLESEX REGIMENT, INCLUDING IN THE TWO FOOTBALLERS' BATTALIONS. HE WAS COMMISSIONED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT ON 30 MAY 1917. TULL SIGNED TO PLAY FOR GLASGOW RANGERS IN FEBRUARY 1917, BUT WAS SADLY KILLED IN ACTION [ON 25 MARCH 1918] BEFORE HE COULD MAKE AN APPEARANCE FOR THE CLUB.
TULL WAS ONE OF THE FIRST — AND CERTAINLY ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE — BLACK OFFICERS IN THE BRITISH ARMY. HE WAS PROMOTED ON MERIT, SHOWING HOW HIGHLY HE WAS RESPECTED. HIS STORY BECAME A POWERFUL SYMBOL OF BREAKING RACIAL BARRIERS BOTH IN SPORT AND THE MILITARY. ORIGINAL PHOTOS AND CARDS FROM HIS PLAYING DAYS ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.