A 1966 football shirt worn by a Leeds United trailblazer is set to go under the hammer.
Souyth African winger Albert Johanneson made 200 appearances for Leeds between 1961 and 1969, netting 67 goals as a part of the Don Revie side which won promotion to the First Division in 1964 and would become the first black African to play in an FA Cup final a year later. Now a shirt worn by Johanneson featuring 23 signatures of squad members including the trailblazer himself is set to go under the hammer next week with a guide price of £6,500 to £7,500.
He added: “Johanneson was a South African-born professional footballer who was one of the first high- profile black men, of any nationality, to play top-flight football in England. He is recognised as being the first person of African heritage to play in an FA Cup final in 1965 for Leeds United.
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