London — Justin Fashanu, who in 1990 became the first English professional footballer to reveal he was gay, was honoured on Wednesday by being inducted into the National Football Museum Hall of Fame.

Fashanu was honoured on what would have been his 59th birthday — he hanged himself in May 1998 — an occasion also marked by a reminder from Manchester United that homophobia still exists in football...

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