Louis Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 Darlington are to unveil a statue of Arthur Wharton later this year.. (no I hadn't heard of him either). http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1413035.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted September 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 http://www.thefa.com/news/2014/sep/arthur-wharton-statue-st-georges-park-david-sheepshanks The FA are also unveiling a statue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 All a bit tokenist for me, and slightly absurd to make such a big thing of the guy. He played a handful of games and was probably looked at as a novelty; quite different from the widespread abuse black players suffered in later years (60s, 70s). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted September 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 That's how I feel, according to wikipedia he made less than 20 appearances during his career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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