A ROAD which leads to the home of Plymouth Argyle could soon be named Jack Leslie Way – after the city’s pioneering black footballer.
Jack Leslie (inset) was the only black professional player in England for much of his career as a Pilgrim between 1921 and 1934.
The leader of Plymouth City Council, Cllr Nick Kelly, has proposed that to honour his memory, the previously unnamed road that skirts the edge of Milehouse Park and Ride and runs fittingly past Home Park stadium will bear his name.
In time, it will also complement the fan-led project to erect a statue of Jack nearby, which will be unveiled later this year.
It comes as Plymouth City Council has initially put forward plans to rename Sir John Hawkins Square as Jack Leslie Square. The council had agreed to change the name from the 16th-century slave trader, Hawkins. It would appear that those plans may be scrapped, though, with the proposal for Jack Leslie Way – and the fate of the city centre square – remains up in the air.
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