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The first golfer to be knighted was Sir Henry Cotton, a British professional golfer who was honored for his achievements in the sport. He was knighted in 1953.
There really is no first female individual who played professional soccer. However, the very first female league for soccer was the British Ladies Football Club.
The United States. The first country with the first professional soccer team, the teams where D.C. United and L.A. Galaxy.
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The name of the first Austrailian soccer player to play for Liverpool was Craig Johnson
Scotland's first black international footballer - and, in fact, the first black footballer for any national side, was British Guianan-born Andrew Watson, who made his international debut in 1881. Watson retained amateur status throughout his footballing career - meaning that the honour of the first black British professional footballer goes to the Gold Coast-born Arthur Wharton.
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The first black woman soccer player was named Briana Scurry. She was the goalkeeper. As of 2014, she is now retired.
Francisco Jiménez Tejada, the Spanish soccer player known to fans as Xisco, has become the first openly gay soccer player in England's Premier League. I found this here: http://www.queerty.com/englands-first-out-gay-soccer-player-xisco-isnt-even-out-20090314/