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Joe Dumars, former President of Basketball Operations of the Detroit Pistons; Wayne Embry, first African-American General manager and team president in NBA history, 2x NBA Executive of the Year [2] Rube Foster, former executive of the Chicago American Giants; Rod Higgins, former president of Basketball Operations for the Charlotte Bobcats
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 ...
As of 26 October 2024, 1223 players have played rugby union for New Zealand's national team, known since 1905 as the All Blacks.The first New Zealand representative match was played in May 1884 against a Wellington XV before the New Zealand team departed for their tour of New South Wales. [1]
Following the 1891 season, the Ansonia Cuban Giants, a team composed of African-American players, were expelled from the Connecticut State League, the last white minor league to have a Black team. The Brooklyn Dodgers broke the 63-year color line when they started future Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson at first base on Opening Day , April 15, 1947.
Black NHL players Nat. Name Birthplace Pos Seasons Teams Played Ethnicity Ref Akim Aliu: Okene, Nigeria: RW: 2011–2013: CGY: Nigerian-Ukrainian [1]Darren Archibald: Newmarket, ON: RW
First African-American consensus college All-American basketball player: Don Barksdale [176] First comic book produced entirely by African-Americans: All-Negro Comics [ 177 ] First African-American full-time faculty member at a predominantly white law school: William Robert Ming ( University of Chicago Law School ) [ 37 ]
In 1967, the American Football League agreed to merge with the NFL, becoming the American Football Conference, with most former NFL teams forming the National Football Conference. Although the first championship game between the two conferences, known as the Super Bowl, was held in 1967, the merger was not completed until 1970.
Whites slightly outnumber blacks in the makeup of offensive linemen (49% vs 46%) yet the center position is 82% white. [51] Of the 32 starting kickers in the NFL in 2013, only one was black. In 2013, there were two African American punters, Reggie Hodges for the Cleveland Browns and Marquette King for the Denver Broncos. [1]