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): Ajay Kakkar, Baron Kakkar • Alice Berry • Barry Larkin • Bill Blackbeard • Carolyn Cassady • Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême • Chris Kaman • Chuck Leavell • Diego Simeone • Drew Gulak • Erich Salomon • Franz Sparry • Jay Leno • Jean-Paul van Gastel • Margo Dydek • Melanie Martinez • Michael P. Jackson • Robert Cornthwaite (actor) • Samantha Ruth Prabhu • Willie Colón • Ye Jianying

Born in the same month (April 1888): Billy Minter • Cecil Kimber • Dan Ahearn • Dennis Chávez • Florence La Badie • Georges Vanier • Gerhard Ritter • Herms Niel • John Crowe Ransom • Maximilian Kronberger • Michael Heidelberger • Neville Cardus • Tris Speaker • Zdzisław Żygulski (literary historian)