Lindy Delapenha

Lindy Delapenha
Personal information
Full name Lloyd Lindbergh Delapenha
Date of birth (1927-05-20)20 May 1927
Place of birth Spanish Town, Jamaica
Date of death 26 January 2017(2017-01-26) (aged 89)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948–1950 Portsmouth 8 (1)
1950–1958 Middlesbrough 260 (90)
1958–1960 Mansfield Town 115 (27[1])
1960 Hereford United
1964 Burton Albion
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lloyd Lindbergh "Lindy" Delapenha (20 May 1927 – 26 January 2017) was a Jamaican footballer and sports journalist. He was the first Jamaican to play professional football in England.[2] 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.[3]

  1. ^ Barry J Hugman, The PFA Premier and Football League Players Records 1946–2015, G2 Entertainment, 2015, p. 224
  2. ^ "Lloyd Delapenha". Football United, Racism Divides. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2007.
  3. ^ "#BlackHistoryMonth: The legacy of Lindy Delapenha | Middlesbrough FC". www.mfc.co.uk. 12 October 2021. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.