Peringati Black History Month, Timnas Inggris Kunjungi Patung Arthur Wharton

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Para pesepak bola Timnas Inggris berpose di dekat patung Arthur Wharton di St George’s Park National Football Centre. (Jovi Arnanda/Skor.id)
Para pesepak bola Timnas Inggris berpose di dekat patung Arthur Wharton di St George’s Park National Football Centre. (Jovi Arnanda/Skor.id)

SKOR.id – Tim Nasional Sepak Bola pria Inggris kedapatan mengunjungi patung Arthur Wharton penjaga gawang kulit hitam pertama Darlington FC pada peringatan 10 tahun pemasangannya untuk memeringati Black History Month (Bulan Sejarah Hitam).

Three Lions menyambangi patung Arthur Wharton itu menjelang perjalanan ke Finlandia untuk menjalani laga di Grup 2 UEFA Nations League B. Pertandingan di Olympiastadion Helsinki pada Minggu (13/10/2024) lalu itu akhirnya dimenangi Inggris, 3-1, lewat gol-gol yang dicetak Jack Grealish, Trent Alexander Arnold, dan Declan Rice.

Arthur Wharton, pesepak bola profesional kulit hitam pertama di dunia, menghabiskan sebagian besar kariernya di Darlington FC.

Patung perunggu mantan penjaga gawang setinggi 16 kaki (4,87 meter) itu diresmikan di St George’s Park National Football Centre, markas latihan utama tim sepak bola Inggris di Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, pada 16 Oktober 2014 silam. 

“Pekan lalu, selama Black History Month, seluruh anggota skuad Three Lions memperingati 10 tahun peresmian patung Arthur Wharton di St George’s Park National Football Centre,” kata seorang juru bicara Timnas Inggris

“Wharton diakui sebagai pesepak bola profesional kulit hitam pertama di dunia dan Arthur Wharton Foundation akan terus membagikan warisannya.” 

Shaun Campbell dari Arthur Wharton Foundation yang berbasis di Darlington, menambahkan: “Ini cara yang sangat luar biasa untuk menandai hari jadi tersebut. Sekarang, pemain-pemain seperti Jude Bellingham, Ollie Watkins, dan Bukayo Saka bisa mengetahui kisah Arthur dan tempatnya dalam sejarah, itu sungguh brilian.”

Lahir di Ghana pada tahun 1880-an, Wharton pindah ke Darlington, Inggris, dengan tujuan belajar dan berlatih sebagai misionaris Gereja Metodis. Namun, ia kemudian memilih menjadi atlet.

Dikenal sebagai atlet beberapa cabang olahraga sekaligus, pada tahun 1886, Wharton menjadi juara lari 100 yard (91,44 meter) dari AAA (Asosiasi Atletik Amatir di Inggris) usai mencatat waktu 10 detik yang kala itu rekor dunia level amatir. 

Wharton juga dikenal sebagai pembalap sepeda dan pemain kriket, yang sempat bermain untuk tim lokal di Yorkshire dan Lancashire.

Namun, Wharton pada akhirnya paling dikenang karena eksploitasinya sebagai pesepak bola. Berposisi sebagai kiper, Wharton diketahui beberapa kali menjadi pemain outfield di posisi sayap (winger). 

Selain bermain untuk Darlington, Wharton juga pernah bermain untuk Preston North End, Rotherham Town, Sheffield United, Stalybridge Rovers, Ashton North End, dan terakhir di Stockport County (1901-1902).

Wharton meninggal dunia di sanitorium rumah kerja pada tahun 1930. Adapun patung Wharton dibuat oleh Vivien Mallock, seniman patung terkenal Inggris dengan spesialisasi bahan perunggu.

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