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First African American basketball player to play in the NBA All-Star Game: Don Barksdale in the 1953 NBA All-Star Game [25] First African American quarterback to play in the National Football League during the modern (post-World War II) era: Willie Thrower (Chicago Bears) [36]
Earl Francis Lloyd (April 3, 1928 – February 26, 2015) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He was the first African American player to play a game in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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.
Jackie Robinson made history when he took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, becoming the first Black man to play in the MLB’s modern era. Robinson was a top-notch athlete, winning the ...
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 ...
1947: Wat Misaka (1923–2019), first non-white player and first of Asian descent 1950: Nat Clifton (1922–1990), Chuck Cooper (1926–1984) and Earl Lloyd (1928–2015), the first African Americans in the NBA, with Lloyd being the first to play in a game, preceding Clifton by four days and Cooper by one
He was the first black coach in the American League. The team won the AL pennant in 1976 and the World Series in 1977 and 1978. During a game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in June 1977, Howard and Yogi Berra were peacemakers during a dugout incident between Yankees player Reggie Jackson and Yankees manager Billy Martin.
Lawrence Eugene Doby (December 13, 1923 – June 18, 2003) was an American professional baseball player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball (MLB) who was the second black player to break baseball's color barrier and the first black player in the American League.