Howard Gayle

Personal information
Date of birth	18 May 1958 (1958-05-18) (age 50)
Place of birth	Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Playing position	Forward
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1977-83 1980 1982-83 1983-84 1984-86 1986-87 1987 1987-92 1992-93	Liverpool ? Fulham (loan) ? Newcastle United (loan) Birmingham City Sunderland Dallas Sidekicks (Indoor) Stoke City Blackburn Rovers Halifax Town	004 0(1) 014 0(0) 008 0(2) 046 0(9) 048 0(4) 030 0(6) 006 0(2) 121 (29) 005 0(0)
National team
1984	England U-21	003

Howard Gayle (born 18 May 1958 in Toxteth, Liverpool) was the first black player to play for Liverpool.

He was at the club for six years but was only given a total of five first team matches, later playing for several clubs including Birmingham City and Sunderland. His finest hour for Liverpool came in the 1981 European Cup semi-final second leg away at Bayern Munich, and he was rewarded with a winners medal at the end of that season, as a non-playing substitute in the final.