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Name Notability Connection to Florida G. Harold Alexander (1900–1987) Florida Republican Party state chairman (c. 1952–1964) Resided in Fort Myers [300] John Atchison (1954–2007) Assistant U.S. Attorney and children's sports coach, committed suicide in prison after being charged with soliciting sex from a five-year-old girl Resided in ...
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.
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
The Athletics program runs Florida State's Hall of Fame, which has inducted many of FSU's greatest players throughout the program's history. As a major competitor in college athletics, Florida State University has many notable alumni including student athletes, coaches and staff members.
American sports wouldn't be what they are today without the trailblazing black athletes of years past. From household names like Jackie Robinson to more recent history-makers like Vonetta Flowers ...
Boxer Johnny Joca won the NCAA national boxing championship in the 135-pound weight class in 1940. Joca was the first Florida Gators athlete, in any sport, to win an individual NCAA national championship. Phillip D. O'Connell: Boxing 1929–30 1930–31 Phil O'Connell was the captain of the University of Florida boxing team for two years.
Listed chronologically by year of birth: Cataline Simmons (1806 - 1883) James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938), educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and civil rights activist; wrote The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man and the words to "Lift Every Voice and Sing" A. Philip Randolph (1889–1979), African-American civil rights activist
In 2021, a year after his daughter Zaya came out as transgender, Wade relocated his family from Florida to California, pointing to the growing anti-LGBTQ+ legislation initiatives in Florida.