Other black males who have worn the armband include Paul Ince and Sol Campbell. Raheem Sterling became England's seventh black captain on Thursday when he was selected to lead the team out against Holland. The 17-year-old has four caps to his name so far. England head into their World Cup campaign as favourites, with some bookmakers offering odds of 1/7 (14 percent) on them being knocked out first. However, former captain John Terry believes it is important that more young players are given opportunities within the national side. The Chelsea defender said: "I think it's important because you look at the World Cup teams over the years and they always seem to have a few youngsters in them. You look at France 98 or Germany 2006 and there were a lot of young players in those teams that went on to be successful." Terry is hopeful that more young players will get chances under new manager Roy Hodgson. The former Liverpool boss took over from Steve McClaren last month after the latter was fired following a string of poor results. "I think it's important that young players are given opportunities - especially if you're not playing regularly at your club team," Terry added. "You need to prove yourself to get a call-up to the full squad or the main group.