About Ces Thompson, one of the first black players to play RL and for his Country.
http://www.mirror.co...15875-23313721/
Really good story in the Daily Mirror
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ArthurDaley
, Aug 02 2011 06:03 PM
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ArthurDaley
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Posted 02 August 2011 - 06:03 PM
A large VAT Dave please.
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DiddyDave
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Posted 03 August 2011 - 12:20 AM
What a great story Arfur. I must confess I`ve never heard of the man,but I guess he was a bit like Billy Boston at Wigan. In the end,people don`t care about their colour if they`re good players and of course we all saw that when the Fijian lads came to Hornets in the early sixties. A bit similar to Tony Collins arriving at Dale,not many coloured lads around football in those days either,the only other one I can recall was the great comedian,Charlie Williams who I saw at Spotland playing for Doncaster Rovers in the fifties. He had a similar story,being the son of a Caribbean father who`d stayed on in England after the first World War and became a miner in Yorkshire. Keep `em coming Arfur,stories like that are what makes the game of rugby league larger than life.
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Posted 03 August 2011 - 10:58 AM
I also saw the news in the Metro (free paper) and it's very good to see the media connecting with rugby league. Let's hope they look out for more stories and give us some more exposure.
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Posted 04 August 2011 - 10:36 AM
What a great story Arfur. I must confess I`ve never heard of the man,but I guess he was a bit like Billy Boston at Wigan. In the end,people don`t care about their colour if they`re good players and of course we all saw that when the Fijian lads came to Hornets in the early sixties. A bit similar to Tony Collins arriving at Dale,not many coloured lads around football in those days either,the only other one I can recall was the great comedian,Charlie Williams who I saw at Spotland playing for Doncaster Rovers in the fifties. He had a similar story,being the son of a Caribbean father who`d stayed on in England after the first World War and became a miner in Yorkshire. Keep `em coming Arfur,stories like that are what makes the game of rugby league larger than life.
I remember a coloured lad called Leo Skeet playing for the Dale in the late 60'/early70's and he used to get all sorts of racist stick off the opposition supporters.
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of......
John Gillespie Magee Jr. 1922 - 1941
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of......
John Gillespie Magee Jr. 1922 - 1941
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Posted 04 August 2011 - 02:01 PM
trust pugwash , bloody free paper
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