Andrew Watson (born May 1857, Demerara, British Guiana; died in Sydney, Australia, date unknown) was the world's first black international football player, capped three times for Scotland between 1881 and 1882 and considered one of the top ten most important players of the 19th century. He played in the side back position, on either the right or the left flank. He was the son of a wealthy Scottish sugar planter Peter Miller and a local girl Rose Watson. Wikipedia
Guyana born Andrew Watson was capped three times for Scotland between 1881 and 1882, and is now believed to have been the first black football (soccer) player to represent his country. www.archives.gla.ac.uk/gallery/awatson/default.html
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The definitive Wikipedia entry for Andrew Watson. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Watson
Andrew Watson was the World's first great black soccer player - and he was a Scot! He was also the first black international captain; first black player to win a major trophy; first black player to play in the FA cup - and probably the first black Rugby p worldsoccer.about.com/cs/soccerlegends/a/awatson.htm
... Wedderburn Arthur Wharton/Andrew Watson Willard White Henry Sylvester Williams Bishop Wilfred Wood/Dr OA Lyseight Ian Wright Benjamin Zephaniah... www.100greatblackbritons.com/bios/andrew_watson.html
