----- Original Message ----- From: Dr Michael Benjamin I'm particularly sad when I remember Albert Johansen & the awful price he paid for being a pioneer persecuted for being different.
Was Albert really persecuted ? I'll have to go back and read up on that again. He had a very difficult time, and his story is a personal tragedy, and they were difficult times to be a black South African player, but was he persecuted ? As a kid I only realised that he was black when they said so on the TV before the 1965 cup final. Before that he was just foreign and maybe a bit exotic. Quite exciting really, especially as a winger. Most of all he was a Leeds player and a good one at that. So, was he persecuted ? A fair question, I hope. _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
