Paul Wilson (23 November 1950 – 18 September 2017) was a professional footballer, who played as a forward for Celtic, Motherwell and Partick Thistle.
The family moved to Scotland when Wilson was one year old, living first in the Dennistoun district of Glasgow then in the town of Milngavie in the northern outskirts.
Wilson's senior debut was in a European Cup 9–0 win at Celtic Park against KPV Kokkola in 1970 in which he scored twice.
He had dark skin tone and received racist abuse in his football career during Old Firm games against rivals Rangers[3][4] Wilson became a first team regular in August 1973.
Stein moved the fast and elegant Wilson to play up front for the 1974–75 season where he outscored his friend and strike partner, Kenny Dalglish, with 29 goals.
Wilson did though collect a second championship winning medal in 1976–77 when he had been a regular until Alfie Conn joined in March that season.
[11][3] The book "'Race', Sport and British Society" notes Wilson's Scotland outing was a full three years before Viv Anderson became the first black player to play for England: "Anderson's selection was heralded as a significant step forward for black representation in football; Wilson's selection for Scotland was ignored," wrote the authors.
Wilson was the first player of Asian descent to have represented any of Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland at senior level.