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Pictured with the Darlington FC team

Photographed with Darlington FC in 1887, winners of the Cleveland Challenge Cup

Photo: Public domain

Wharton wearing his goalkeeper kit

Photographed around 1896

Photo: Public domain

Bronze relief on display at the National Football Museum

A bronze plaque on display at the National Football Museum shows important events of his life

Photo: ©National Football Museum

Grave headstone with yellow and red flowers in an adjacent vase

His unmarked grave was given a headstone following a campaign by Football Unites, Racism Dives

Photo: arthurwhartonfoundation.org/Shaun Campbell

His statue was unveiled at St George’s Park, the FA’s National Football Centre, on October 16, 2014 in Burton-upon-Trent

Mural on the gable end of a building depicting Wharton

A mural marking the 155th anniversary of his birth was unveiled on October 28, 2020 in Darlington

Photo: @AWisNumber1/Shaun Campbell

Three Y5 boys photographed against the project bannerstand

The research and presentation team

Colour drawing of Arthur Wharton by one of the research team
Logos for Fare's Black Lives Matter, St Wilfrid's Primary, National Football Museum. Fare Network, Everycolour and Dynamic Studio

An Everycolour KS2 project in collaboration with the National Football Museum and St Wilfrid’s CE Primary School.

Supported by the Fare network