Andrew Watson (Footballer) net worth
Andrew Watson (24 May 1856 – 8 March 1921) was a Scottish player often regarded as the world’s first black person to play international association football. Between 1881 and 1882, he appeared in three matches for Scotland. Arthur Wharton was often considered to be the first black player since he was the first black professional…
Andrew Watson (24 May 1856 – 8 March 1921) was a Scottish player often regarded as the world’s first black person to play international association football. Between 1881 and 1882, he appeared in three matches for Scotland.
Arthur Wharton was often considered to be the first black player since he was the first black professional footballer to play in the Football League, although Watson’s career preceded his by more than a decade.
There is evidence that Watson was paid professionally when he played for Bootle in 1887, two years before Wharton became a professional with Rotherham Town; however, the Merseyside club was not a member of the Football League at the time Watson played there.
Watson was the son of rich Scottish sugar plantation Peter Miller Watson (1805-1869) (the son of James Watson, of Crantit, Orkney, Scotland) and Hannah Rose, a native British Guianese woman. Watson traveled to Britain with his father and older sister Annetta, and when their father died in London in 1869, they inherited a sizable sum.
Watson attended Heath Grammar School in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and then King’s College School in Wimbledon, London, where he excelled in sports like as football. When he was 19, he went to the University of Glasgow to study natural philosophy, mathematics, and engineering, where his passion for football developed. He was a full-back who could play on either the right or left wing.
Andrew Watson (Footballer) net worth
Andrew Watson’s net worth was estimated to be between $1 million and $5 million.
