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* Major League Baseball recognizes Curt Roberts as the Pirates' first Black player; however, Carlos Bernier of Puerto Rico, also a Black man, debuted on April 22, 1953. [5] ‡ Thompson and Irvin broke in with the Giants during the same game on July 8, 1949. Thompson was the starting third baseman, and Irvin pinch hit in the eighth. [1]
First African American Major League Baseball player of the modern era: Jackie Robinson (Brooklyn Dodgers). [24] (See also: Moses Fleetwood Walker, 1884) First African-American Major League Baseball player in the American League: Larry Doby (Cleveland Indians). First African American consensus college All-American basketball player: Don ...
Red Auerbach coached the Boston Celtics to 9 NBA titles, with eight straight between 1959 and 1966. There have been 18 head coaches in Celtics' history. Red Auerbach is the most successful franchise's head coach having won 9 NBA championships with the team.
The Celtics were the first [NBA basketball] team to draft a black player, period: a guy named Chuck Cooper from Duquesne. The first team to start five black players was the Boston Celtics. The first [NBA organization] to hire a black [head] coach was the Boston Celtics, and they've had at least five [black head-coaches] over the years.
Dad would remind them that the Celtics were the first team in the NBA to draft a Black player — Chuck Cooper in 1950.They were the first NBA team to have an all-Black starting five.
First African-American NBA basketball players: Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton (New York Knicks), Chuck Cooper (Boston Celtics), and Earl Lloyd (Washington Capitols). [199] Note: Harold Hunter was the first to sign an NBA contract, signing with the Washington Capitols on April 26, 1950.
Bill Russell was a dominant center in the NBA in the 1960s. Russell played 13 championships with the Boston Celtics and won 11 titles. He was the first Black coach of an NBA team and the second ...
On this day in 1964, the Boston Celtics fielded the first all-Black starting 5 in league history when Willie Naulls replaced Tommy Heinsohn in the lineup.