Frank Soo: England’s pioneer who died with a tale untold – BBC
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The voice of BBC commentator Raymond Glendenning crackles out of the radio.
“And this time a neat backpass by Soo finds Matthews…”
The date is 20 October 1945. World War Two has only been over for a month. As people across England crowd around their radios, they can hear 54,000 fans roaring on their team against Wales at the Hawthorns.
Nearly 80 years on, while Stanley Matthews remains one of English football’s most enduring names, Frank Soo is a relative unknown.
Yet Soo’s story, one of adversity, celebrity and then obscurity, is significant. And slowly being recognised once more.
Three years earlier – on 9 May 1942 – a 28-year-old Soo played his first game for England, also against Wales, in front of 30,000 people at Cardiff’s Ninian Park.
It was a historic debut. Soo became the first non-white man to play for England. He was already the first Chinese player in…
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