footballer John Barnes (born 1963), retired footballer Daniel Bell-Drummond (born 1993), cricketer Darren Bent (born 1984), retired footballer Luther Blissett (born 1958), retired footballer Frank Bruno (born 1961), retired professional boxer Frazier Campbell (born 1987) footballer Sol Campbell (born 1974), retired footballer and manager Mark Chamberlain (born 1961), retired footballer Neville Chamberlain (born 1960), retired footballer Linford Christie (born 1960), retired sprinter Andy Cole (born 1971), retired footballer Garth Crooks (born 1958), retired footballer and pundit. Elected as the first black chairman of the Professional Footballers’ Association Laurie Cunningham (died 1989), the first ever British player to sign for Real Madrid Tasha Danvers (born 1977), athlete Bobby Decordova-Reid (born 1993), footballer Lloyd "Lindy" Delapenha (died 2017), the first black footballer to win a championship medal Clayton Donaldson (born 1984), footballer Desmond Douglas (born 1955), table tennis player Leon Edwards (born 1991), professional mixed martial artist Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill (born 1986), retired track and field athlete Chris Eubank (born 1966), retired professional boxer Demarai Gray, footballer Mason Greenwood, footballer Jeremy Guscott (born 1965), retired rugby union player Ellery Hanley (born 1961), retired rugby league player and coach Audley Harrison (born 1971), retired professional boxer David Haye (born 1980), boxer Michael Hector (born 1992), footballer Mason Holgate, footballer Dame Kelly Holmes (born 1970), middle-distance runner and Olympic gold medallist Colin Jackson (born 1967), retired hurdler David James (born 1970), retired professional footballer and goalkeeper Aaron Lennon (born 1987), footballer Jack Leslie (died 1988), footballer Denise Lewis (born 1972), retired track and field athlete, sports presenter Lennox Lewis (born 1965) retired professional boxer Devon Malcolm (born 1963), retired cricketer Adrian Mariappa (born 1986), footballer Ovill McKenzie (born 1979), retired professional boxer Ishmael Miller, footballer Wes Morgan (born 1984), footballer Ravel Morrison (born 1993), footballer Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (born 1993), footballer Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain (born 1998), footballer Michael Page (born 1987), professional boxer and mixed martial artist; mother was from Jamaica Jimmy Peters (born 1879), the first black man to play rugby union for England Nathan Redmond, footballer Jason Robinson (born 1974), rugby international, the first black captain of the England national rugby union team. Also the first former professional rugby league player to captain the England rugby union team Danny Rose (born 1990), footballer Ralph Rowe, (died 2013), Britain's first black Paralympian Tessa Sanderson (born 1956), athlete, the first and only British woman to win gold at an Olympic throwing event, and the first black