Justin Fashanu’ was a British Nigerian footballer who played for a variety of clubs in both the UK and North America between 1978 and 1997. He was one of the first footballers to command a £1 million transfer fee, with his transfer from Norwich City to Nottingham Forest in 1981. He was also the first professional footballer to be openly gay and endured homophobic abuse on the football pitch. Sadly, he killed himself in 1998. In 2020, Fashanu was inducted into The National Football Museum Hall of Fame.

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