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Stats at NBA.com Stats at Basketball ... Basketball Hall of Fame: Earl Francis Lloyd (April 3, 1928 – February 26, 2015) was an American professional basketball ...
The journey of Black players in the NBA began with Earl Lloyd, Chuck Cooper and Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton in 1950. The stories of these first Black NBA players, along with those who followed ...
Sixteen head coaches have spent their entire NBA coaching careers with the Pistons. Notable players and coaches who spent time with the Pistons include Curly Armstrong, [12] Red Rocha, [13] Dick McGuire, [14] Dave DeBusschere, [15] Donnis Butcher, [16] Terry Dischinger, [17] Earl Lloyd, [18] Ray Scott, [19] and Michael Curry. [20]
Earl Lloyd became the NBA's first Black player when (in the opening game of the season in Rochester) the Washington Capitols put him in the game after halftime. He went on to score six points and grab a game-high 10 rebounds, but the breaking of the color barrier merited barely a mention in news reports of the time. [ 1 ]
74 years ago today, Earl "Big Cat" Lloyd made his debut for the now-defunct Washington Capitols, becoming the first Black player in NBA history. Three trailblazers: Lloyd was the first of three ...
Earl Lloyd, the first African American athlete to play for an NBA team, debuted for the Capitols in Rochester, New York on October 31, 1950. [2] The franchise played the 1951–52 season in the American Basketball League, but the team folded again in January, 1952. [3]
Five players from this draft, Paul Arizin, Bob Cousy, George Yardley, Bill Sharman and Earl Lloyd have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. [4] Chuck Cooper, the 12th pick, and Lloyd, the 100th pick, were the first African Americans to be drafted by an NBA team. [5]
The 1972–73 NBA season was the Detroit Pistons' 25th season in the NBA and 16th season in the city of Detroit. [1] The team played at Cobo Arena in downtown Detroit.. The Pistons finished with a 40-42 (.488) record, 3rd place in the Midwest Division.