First black/mixed race player?

[Kevin Hogg]

As there is currently comments buried deep in another thread - I thought I would ask the question.
Was Micky Welch the first black player to play for Southend United ...in a competitive match?

I saw his debut at Blackpool and cannot remember another black player before him.

 

[Gremlin]

I'm sure I've heard this trivia question before. Was it Sidney Poitier?

 

[The Eternal Optimist]

Was it that guy who doubled on the Black and White Minstrels?

 

[Firestorm]

As there is currently comments buried deep in another thread - I thought I would ask the question.
Was Micky Welch the first black player to play for Southend United ...in a competitive match?

I saw his debut at Blackpool and cannot remember another black player before him.

was Welch before Richard Young ?


edit ..yes.....


Welch 85 Cadette 85

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

According to Peter Miles in '101 Interesting Facts on Southend United', it was indeed Micky Welch in 1985.

 

[westie]

To the best of my knowledge, Harry "Bud" Houghton was the first mixed race player to wear a Blues shirt.
"Bud" was an Anglo-Indian and made his debut in 1958. He was a big fearless centre forward who scored 32 goals in his 68 appearances before moving on to Oxford United in 1961, where he continued to score goals at a high ratio, 69 in just 106 appearances. He was a great crowd favourite here and most fans like me were dumbfounded when he was sold because he was only 25 years old!

 

[DistantBlue]

Bud was great. If there were players blocking his path to the ball he would wade through them like a JCB to reach it. Loved him to bits - so did the Roots Hall regulars.

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

To the best of my knowledge, Harry "Bud" Houghton was the first mixed race player to wear a Blues shirt.
"Bud" was an Anglo-Indian and made his debut in 1958. He was a big fearless centre forward who scored 32 goals in his 68 appearances before moving on to Oxford United in 1961, where he continued to score goals at a high ratio, 69 in just 106 appearances. He was a great crowd favourite here and most fans like me were dumbfounded when he was sold because he was only 25 years old!

Bud was great. If there were players blocking his path to the ball he would wade through them like a JCB to reach it. Loved him to bits - so did the Roots Hall regulars.

According to the records in his first season he scored 20 goals in 27 games. Second season only 7 goals from 27 games (Price scored 29 from 42 games). In his third season 6 goals from 19 games. What happened injury? or just lost his place to Jim Fryatt (16 goals 31 games). Of course in those days no substitutes so no chance to even come on and score.

I see most of his goals for Oxford were in the Southern league. The Oxford manager at the time was his old Birmingham manager so I suppose the offer of £2,000 from Oxford was too much to refuse at the time.

 

[Zeuss]

According to the records in his first season he scored 20 goals in 27 games. Second season only 7 goals from 27 games (Price scored 29 from 42 games). In his third season 6 goals from 19 games. What happened injury? or just lost his place to Jim Fryatt (16 goals 31 games). Of course in those days no substitutes so no chance to even come on and score.

I see most of his goals for Oxford were in the Southern league. The Oxford manager at the time was his old Birmingham manager so I suppose the offer of £2,000 from Oxford was too much to refuse at the time.

yes ,I submitted him (along with Ray Whale and Malcolm Partridge ) when the question was raised on the Campbell/ Dumaka thread - he was a bit of a hero for me .He replaced another well-known goal scorer at centre- forward and was everything Roy Hollis wasn't. Fryatt had no pace(he ended up at right-back)but even though not that tall was an incredible header of the ball.

 

[Mick]

Fryatt had no pace(he ended up at right-back)

He was quick enough off the mark to score that 4 second goal after Bradford had converted him back to a forward !

 

[drummers grandad]

First player I remember is Richard Cadette
I almost got clobbered by a racist fan for running onto the pitch after a local friendly and patting Cadette on the back for an amazing performance.

 

[C C Csiders]

Was it that guy who doubled on the Black and White Minstrels? View attachment 3776

My wife has a rare conditions where her monthly cycle is all in monochrome and is known as The Black and White Menstrual Syndrome