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January 26, 2017
Lindy Delapenha, Jamaican footballer and sports journalist (born 1927)
Lindy Delapenha
Lloyd Lindbergh "Lindy" Delapenha was a Jamaican footballer and sports journalist. He was the first Jamaican to play professional football in England. Between 1948 and 1960, he played league football for Portsmouth, Middlesbrough and Mansfield Town. Despite limited appearances for Portsmouth in the 1948/1949 and 1949/1950 seasons, he nevertheless played a part in the club's two title-winning sides and with it became the first black player to win a First Division championship medal.
January 26
January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 339 days remain until the end of the year.