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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rod Minchin

Blue plaque honour for first black footballer called up by England

The Jack Leslie statue outside Plymouth Argyle FC’s stadium Home Park (Matthew Ellacott Photography/ The Jack Leslie Campaign/PA) -

The remarkable career of the first black footballer to receive an England call-up is to be honoured with a national blue plaque.

John ‘Jack’ Leslie, who scored 137 goals in 400 appearances for Plymouth Argyle between 1921 and 1934, was called up to the national team in 1925.

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