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First African-American baseball player to be named the Major League Baseball World Series MVP: Bob Gibson, St. Louis Cardinals [45] First African-American to join the Ladies Professional Golf Association: Althea Gibson; First African-American baseball player to be named the captain of a Major League Baseball team: Willie Mays, San Francisco ...
Later, Smith moved on to Chicago and joined the white-owned Chicago Herald-American. Smith left his baseball beat and covered mostly boxing for the American. In 1947, his application to join the BBWAA was approved, and he became the first African American member of the organization. [4] [a]
NFL offensive guard, singer of spirituals and blues; painter, actor, TV host, part of first African-American father-son duo in NFL history Born in Chicago Harold Bradley Sr. Sept 7, 1905 Nov 30, 1973 Second black lineman, part of first African-American father-son duo in NFL history Raised and died in Chicago Dick Butkus: Dec 9, 1942: Oct 5, 2023
William DeHart Hubbard (November 25, 1903 – June 23, 1976) was a track and field athlete who was the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event: the running long jump at the 1924 Paris Summer games.
An African-American, [4] White was the first U.S. athlete to compete in track in five Olympics. White is an inductee in the United States Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame. [5] A public park in Chicago is named in her honor. [6] [7]
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Biles became the first American gymnast to win four gold medals in a single Olympic Games. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the famous Black gymnast made headlines again, this ...
Marshall was the first African American to play football in the Western Conference (later the Big Ten). In 1906, Marshall kicked a 48-yard field goal for the Gophers and appeared to single-handedly prevent University of Chicago Maroons star Walter Eckersall from running the ball [4] to beat the Maroons 4-2 (field goals counted as four points).
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 ...