Marcus Rashford (born 31 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team.
A Manchester United player from the age of seven, he scored two goals on both his first-team debut against Midtjylland in the UEFA Europa League in February 2016 and his Premier League debut against Arsenal three days later.
He also scored in his first Manchester derby match, his first EFL Cup match and his first UEFA Champions League match. With United, Rashford has so far won the FA Cup, EFL Cup, FA Community Shield and UEFA Europa League.
The black Busby babe who made history for United - and survived the IRA bomb
manchestereveningnews.co.ukToday the sight of black footballers representing England and playing throughout the British leagues is nothing at all unusual.
Marcus Rashford, Andy Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Paul Ince and Viv Anderson are among those to make history at Man United. However, before any of them played in the famous red strip, it was one Dennis Walker who led the way for black players at the club.
Dennis Allen Walker was born on October 26, 1944 in Queen Street, Northwich, the small town between Crewe and Warrington in Cheshire. READ MORE: Inside the long lost Manchester city centre airport terminals where you could check-in for flights to America Like many in the region, Dennis' mother Mary Walker was an Irish immigrant who originally came from Limerick.
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