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A fact from Wilf Waller appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 September 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in 1900, Wilf Waller was the first South African footballer to play in the English Football League?

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First South African player in the Football League

I realise that this is original research but I think this makes the claim for him to be South African a bit tenuous. Possibly a Londoner who emigrated as a boy?

1881 England Census

Name: Wilfred Hugh Waller Age: 3

Relation: Son Father's Name: Charles Bullen Mother's Name: Emma Gender: Male Where born: St Geo Han Sq, Middlesex, England

Civil parish: St George County/Island: London Country: England

Street Address: 4 Lyall Street Education:

Occupation: Builders Son

Registration district: Chelsea Sub-registration district: Belgrave

Topcardi (talk) 14:42, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This statement in the article was based on the first two sources quoted in the References section. www.allfootballers.co. also gives his place of birth as "South Africa". --Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 17:41, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]