who was,or were, the first foreigners to play for a British football team? A friend said it was the Ribladeo (dunno If I've spelt that right) twins for Newcastle Utd possibly in the '30's or '40's
2007-03-15 08:41:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football ➔ Other - Football
Max Seeburg spurs 1908/09 (German born)
2007-03-15 08:57:17 · answer #1 · answered by titus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
vincent angelo dundee played for preston north end 1888-? and was born in jamica he moved here when he was 5 but represented jamaica in the olympics as a 400m runner. so he is foreign
his grandparents moved to jamaica from england so he was not the first black player but was still jamaican
2007-03-15 18:05:59 · answer #2 · answered by Mr Mister 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure, but I can tell you that Bert Trautmann of Man City was a German POW.
2007-03-15 18:28:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋