this man behind me is jack leslie — he should have been england's first black footballer — but he neverl on the shirt in 1925 — he was dropped because of his race.. there's now a campaign to erect a statue in his honour. as new research reveals the lack of representation around statues dedicated to bame sportsmen and women across the uk, katie shanahan has been looking into this. this is the famous statue of arthur wroughton, the first black professional footballer in the world. it stands at the home of the england team in the hope that his story will inspire others from black and ethnic minority backgrounds. the contributions of the black and ethnic minority communities to the game is huge and we see a gross disproportionate number of statues, if you value starches, and i did, because i value what they represent. are there enough statues? until you right the wrongs in terms of balancing history, black lives will never truly matted by those in power, it is black history that matters now. there are only ten black and ethnic minority sports touches out of a total of 240 in the uk. footbal

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