Gil Heron
Football, Football player
1922 – 2008
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Who was Gil Heron?
Gil Heron was a Jamaican professional footballer. He was the first black player to play for Scottish club Celtic, and was the father of poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron.
He died in Detroit of a heart attack on 27 November 2008.
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- Born
- Apr 9, 1922
Kingston - Also known as
- The Black Arrow
- The Black Flash
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- Jamaica
- Lived in
- Kingston
- Died
- Nov 27, 2008
Detroit
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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