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Andrew Watson: The 'most influential' black footballer for decades lost to history

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  By Andrew Aloia BBC Sport Last updated on 11 October 2021 11 October 2021 . From the section Football Watson was a trailblazer who helped transform how football was played There are two murals of black footballers facing one another across an alleyway in Glasgow. One helped shape football as we know it, the other is Pele. Andrew Watson captained Scotland to a 6-1 win over England on his debut in 1881. He was a pioneer, the world's first black international, but for more than a century the significance of his achievements went unrecognised. Research conducted over the past three decades has left us with some biographical details: a man descended of slaves and of those who enslaved them, born in Guyana, raised to become an English gentleman and famed as one of Scottish football's first icons. And yet today, 100 years on from his death aged 64, Watson remains something of an enigma, the picture built around him a fractured one. His grainy, faded, sepia image evokes many differen

11 incredible underwater sites

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If you thought all great places for travelers to visit were on dry land, think again! Be it museums, art installations or naturally occurring sites, there are many mesmerizing underwater locales around the world that any sub-aqua enthusiast can explore. Scroll down for some fascinating sub-aquatic treasures that are a "must-sea." Underwater Museum of Art (Cancun, Mexico) © Donald Miralle/Getty Images for Lumix Also known as Museo Subacuático de Arte (MUSA), this underwater museum is located in the waters surrounding Cancun, Punta Nizuc and Isla Mujeres. MUSA contains over 500 sculptures – both life-sized and monumental – by sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor and five other artists. Neptune Memorial Reef (Florida, US) © AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee An artificial reef east of Key Biscayne, near Miami, this is a memorial site. The remains of those who are cremated can be placed in one of the reef's structures after their death. Green Lake (Tragoess, Austria)

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