# Lindy Delapenha

> Lloyd Lindbergh "Lindy" Delapenha was a Jamaican footballer and sports journalist. He was the first Jamaican to play professional football in England. Between 1948 and 1960, he played league football for Portsmouth, Middlesbrough and Mansfield Town. Despite limited appearances for Portsmouth in the 1948/1949 and 1949/1950 seasons, he nevertheless played a part in the club's two title-winning sides and with it became the first black player to win a First Division championship medal.

*Jamaican footballer (1927-2017)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/lindy-delapenha

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Football / Soccer Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857))
- **Category:** Footballers
- **Born:** 1927-05-25
- **Died:** 2017-01-26
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 44.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 10.4 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 6.3 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 57.1 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [林迪·德拉潘哈](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9E%97%E8%BF%AA%C2%B7%E5%BE%B7%E6%8B%89%E6%BD%98%E5%93%88)
- [ليندى ديلاپينها](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7)
- [Lindy Delapenha](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_Delapenha)
- [Lindy Delapenha](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_Delapenha)
- [Lindy Delapenha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_Delapenha)
- [Lindy Delapenha](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_Delapenha)
- [Lindy Delapenha](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_Delapenha)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6552977)

---
Generated by Fame.am · https://fame.am/person/lindy-delapenha