Walter Tull

Walter Daniel John Tull was an English professional footballer and British Army officer of Afro-Caribbean descent. He played as an inside forward and half back for Clapton, Tottenham Hotspur and Northampton Town and was the third person of mixed heritage to play in the top division of the Football League after Arthur Wharton and Willie Clarke. He was also the first player of African descent to sign for Rangers in 1917, while stationed in Scotland.

28 April 1888

Born on the same birth day (28 April): AD 32 • Deividas Stagniūnas • H. B. Stallard • Joris Jansen Rapelje • Kurt Gödel • Marcia Strassman • Roger Johnson (footballer) • Samantha Ruth Prabhu • Scott Fujita • Song Yuvin

Born in the same month (April 1888): Billy Minter • Cecil Kimber • Dan Ahearn • Florence La Badie • Gerhard Ritter • Herms Niel • John Crowe Ransom • Maximilian Kronberger • Michael Heidelberger • Pe Maung Tin • Sol Hurok • Thomas C. Kinkaid • Tris Speaker • Zdzisław Żygulski (literary historian)