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She was the number-one-ranked woman in the United States and the world [56] [57] in both 1957 and 1958, and was named Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press in both years, garnering over 80% of the votes in 1958. [58] She also became the first Black woman to appear on the covers of Sports Illustrated [59] and Time. [60]
First African-American Winter Olympic gold medal winner: Vonetta Flowers (two-woman bobsleigh). (See also: Shani Davis, 2006) First African American to become majority owner of a U.S. major sports league team: Robert L. Johnson (Charlotte Bobcats, NBA) [Note 7] (see also 2001) First African American to hold the #1 rank in tennis: Venus Williams
After several failed attempts, Flowers turned to bobsledding, and found success as a brakewoman almost immediately. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, she, along with driver Jill Bakken, won the gold medal in the two-woman event, becoming the first African American woman to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics. After the Salt Lake City Games ...
Famous Black athletes span all sports, from football and basketball to tennis and gymnastics. This article focuses on 10 whose excellence made them household names and changed their sports forever.
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Alice Coachman was born on November 9, 1923, in Albany, Georgia.She was the fifth of Fred and Evelyn Coachman's ten children. Coachman was unable to access athletic training facilities or participate in organized sports because of the color of her skin. [1]
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Jasmine Plummer (born c. 1993 Harvey, Illinois) is an American football player who was the first-ever female quarterback for a Pop Warner football team. [1] At the age of 11 years old, she became the first female quarterback and the first black female athlete to play in the Pop Warner Super Bowl youth football tournament, [2] specifically the 56th Annual Pop Warner Super Bowl (Junior Pee Wee ...