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Andrew Watson (1857 - 1902)
The world's first black association football player to play at international level. He was capped three times for Scotland between 1881 and 1882 and considered one of the...Andrew Watson (1857 - 1902)
The world's first black association football player to play at international level. He was capped three times for Scotland between 1881 and 1882 and considered one of the top ten most important players of the 19th century.
Andrew Watson was the son of a wealthy Scottish sugar planter Peter Miller and a local girl called Rose Watson. He was educated at King's College School, and later studied philosophy, mathematics and engineering at University of Glasgow, where he began his football career.
On April 14, 1880, he was selected to represent Glasgow against Sheffield. He then signed for Queen's Park F.C. – then Britain's biggest football team – and later became their secretary. He led the team to several Scottish Cup wins, thus becoming the first black player to win a major competition. Soon Watson won three international caps for Scotland recording three significant wins.
The colour of his skin was of no significance to his peers and there is no historical record of racism on the part of the Scottish Football Association.
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