# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-tull
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:26:01.255Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-tull"
name: "Walter Tull"
slug: "walter-tull"
description: "Walter Daniel John Tull was an English professional footballer and British Army officer of Afro-Caribbean descent. He played as an inside forward and half back for Clapton, Tottenham Hotspur and Northampton Town and was the third person of mixed heritage to play in the top division of the Football League after Arthur Wharton and Willie Clarke. He was also the first player of African descent to sign for Rangers in 1917, while stationed in Scotland."
tagline: "English professional footballer and army officer (1888-1918)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_Tull23_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1888-04-28"
deathDate: "1918-03-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.275996
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Волтер Талл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "والتر تال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "والتر تول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Tull"
    title: "Walter Tull"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Tull"
    title: "Walter Tull"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Tull"
    title: "Walter Tull"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ウォルター・タル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Tull"
    title: "Walter Tull"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7966315"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump