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Mara Gómez: Pioneering transgender professional football

Mara Gómez: Pioneering transgender professional football

Feb 12, 2021 | Lives

Paving the way for transgenders in professional football

Eniola Aluko: Legacy of Empire

Eniola Aluko: Legacy of Empire

Oct 6, 2020 | Lives

Black, British, and Female: working hard for an inclusive future.

Fritz Löhner-Beda: Zionism, Football, Vienna

Fritz Löhner-Beda: Zionism, Football, Vienna

Oct 5, 2020 | Lives

Cultural soul in pre-war Vienna, killed in the Holocaust.

Milutin Ivkovic: World Cup to World War

Milutin Ivkovic: World Cup to World War

Oct 4, 2020 | Lives

Captain of Yugoslavia, a qualified doctor, killed in a Nazi concentration camp.

Romualdas Marcinkus: Flying for Lithuania

Romualdas Marcinkus: Flying for Lithuania

Oct 3, 2020 | Lives

Baltic views on WWII through the eyes of a young player turned pilot.

Boško Petrović: From Football to Freedom?

Boško Petrović: From Football to Freedom?

Oct 2, 2020 | Lives

Left the football pitch behind to fight for ideology in the sky.

Alice Milliat: Suffragette of Sport

Alice Milliat: Suffragette of Sport

Sep 30, 2020 | Lives

Organiser for gender equality through sports.

Rab Howell: Romani in England

Rab Howell: Romani in England

Sep 28, 2020 | Lives

Pioneer as the first Roma footballer in England’s national team.

Granit Xhaka: Wanderer Seeking Belonging

Granit Xhaka: Wanderer Seeking Belonging

Sep 27, 2020 | Lives

Born in Basel he brought Albanian-Kosovar heritage to Swiss national team.

Brunilde Amodeo: Woman against Fascism

Brunilde Amodeo: Woman against Fascism

Sep 26, 2020 | Lives

Captain of a pioneering Italian football team in 1933.

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