José Leandro Andrade: Uruguay's 'Black Pearl'

José Leandro Andrade: Uruguay's 'Black Pearl'
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Uruguay were the first South American team to play in Europe and José Leandro Andrade was the first black international player seen by Europeans, who were so impressed that a quarter of a million people applied for tickets for the 1928 Olympic final.

Andrade played in the final of all three of Uruguay’s great triumphs from 1924-1930, but Andrade was much more than just an exotic footballer.

Andrade’s achievements put him at the pinnacle of the game. In the pre-television world he was football’s first international superstar. He was also its first black superstar and its first rags-to-riches-to-rags player whose life story would make a good film. He was the best-known player in Uruguay’s era of dominance, but whether he was the most influential is harder to say. Some have called him ‘the first Pelé’. Others see him more as ‘the first David Beckham’, a sporting sex symbol with a touch more style than substance.

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