![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/lionesses-first-black-player-kerry-davis-inducted-into-hall-of-fame/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1_kerry-davis-3.jpg&description=Kerry Davis represented the Lionesses over a 16-year international career, winning 82 caps and scoring 44 goals while playing in the Women's World Cup in 1995Kerry Davis enjoyed 16-year international career with the Lionesses and represented them at England's first FIFA Women's World Cup appearance in 1995. Kerry Davis, England's first-ever black player, has been inducted into the National Football Museum's Hall of Fame. Davis, 60, made her international debut in 1982 for the Lionesses, becoming the first black player to represent her country. Across a 16-year international career, the ex-forward won 82 caps and scored an impressive 44 goals. Kerry was inducted into the Hall of Fame during the final day of the museum's Football Writing Festival. Her inclusion received a unanimous vote from judges who recognised her successes as a ground-breaking pioneer in English football and laying the foundations for a more ethnically diverse sporting future. England Women's predicted line-up vs Japan as Lionesses missing key duo On her induction, Davis said: 'I'm feeling very proud to be inducted into the National Football Museum Hall of Fame. It was a lovely surprise and a great feeling. I feel really honoured to be in there amongst some of the biggest and most important names in football.' The recognition comes at a time when the England women's team is facing a reckoning over a long standing lack of representation for black, Asian or mixed heritage players in comparison to the men's side. In the summer's triumphant European Championship, just three players of Black or mixed heritage comprised Sarina Wiegman's 23-player squad - Nikita Parris, Demi Stokes and Jess Carter -, with 21 minutes of football played between them. Wiegman admitted earlier this week that she 'would love to see more black players" in her team. The comments arrived in response to the backlash surrounding Arsenal and England star Beth Mead 's comments in an interview with The Guardian, in which the forward){kind=link}
Kerry Davis represented the Lionesses over a 16-year international career, winning 82 caps and scoring 44 goals while playing in the Women’s World Cup in 1995
Kerry Davis, England’s first-ever black player, has been inducted into the National Football Museum’s Hall of Fame.
Davis, 60, made her international debut in 1982 for the Lionesses, becoming the first black player to represent her country. Across a 16-year international career, the ex-forward won 82 caps and scored an impressive 44 goals.
Kerry was inducted into the Hall of Fame during the final day of the museum’s Football Writing Festival.
Her inclusion received a unanimous vote from judges who recognised her successes as a ground-breaking pioneer in English football and laying the foundations for a more ethnically diverse sporting future.