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Emma Clarke: The first Black woman footballer
Emma Clarke is the greatest black female footballer you鈥檝e probably never heard of. Playing in 1895, a contemporary of the world鈥檚 first black professional footballer, Arthur Wharton, remarkably Emma鈥檚 story only came to light in 2017. If it was not for Stuart Gibbs, an artist with an interest in women鈥檚 football, the story might never have been uncovered.
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