Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The world of sports generally is invoked in the frequently cited example of Jackie Robinson, who became the first African American of the modern era to become a Major League Baseball player in 1947, after 60 years of segregated Negro leagues.
First African-American player in the National Hockey League (Made his debut with the Bruins on January 18):Janis F. Kearney Willie Mays First African American to win Major League Baseball's Gold Glove, in the award's inaugural year: Willie Mays (New York Giants) [226] [Note 14]
1879: William Edward White (1860–1937), believed to be the first African American to play in the major leagues, appearing in one game on June 21, 1879. White passed as white. 1884: Moses Fleetwood Walker (1856–1924), first openly African-American player; 1887: Jim Toy (1858–1919), another possible, disputed candidate for first Native ...
Althea Neale Gibson (August 25, 1927 – September 28, 2003) was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and one of the first Black athletes to cross the color line of international tennis. In 1956, she became the first African American to win a Grand Slam event (the French Open).
After going to Harvard Law School and continuing to play football, Lewis was the first African American in the sport to be selected as an All-American. In 1903 he was the first African American to be appointed as an Assistant United States Attorney; in 1910 he was the first to be appointed as one of the five United States Assistant Attorneys ...
George Taliaferro (January 8, 1927 – October 8, 2018) was an American professional football player who was the first African American drafted by a National Football League (NFL) team. [2] Beginning his football career at Indiana University for the Hoosiers team , he played in the NFL for the New York Yanks from 1950 to 1951, the Dallas Texans ...
In October 2018, George Taliaferro, the first African American who played in the NFL died at the age of 91. [64] While George was the first African American drafted to play in the NFL, the first African American would not be drafted as the Quarterback until 1953, when Willie Thrower was drafted to play with the Chicago Bears. [65]
Though research by the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) indicates William Edward White was the first African-American baseball player in the major leagues, Walker, unlike White (who passed as a white man and self-identified as such), [1] was the first to be open about his black heritage, and to face the racial bigotry so prevalent ...