ANDREW WATSON, Scotland's first black international footballer, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame at an awards dinner in Glasgow on Sunday night, was the "Beckham of his time", according to historians.
ANDREW WATSON, Scotland's first black international footballer, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame at an awards dinner in Glasgow on Sunday night, was the \"Beckham of his time\", according to historians.
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Derek Miller
Watson, who played for Scotland in the early 1880s, was inducted along with Gordon McQueen, Frank McLintock, Bob McPhail and Pat Stanton.
Richard McBrearty, the Scottish Football Museum's curator, revealed the importance of South American-born Watson at the dinner following research by himself and his Hampden colleagues.
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