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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
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]
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
Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard (January 27, 1894 – May 11, 1986) was an American professional football player and coach. In 1921, he became the first African-American head coach in the National Football League (NFL). Pollard and Bobby Marshall were the first two African-American players in the NFL in 1920.
Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton (born Clifton Nathaniel; October 13, 1922 – August 31, 1990) was an American professional basketball player. [1] He is best known as one of the first African Americans to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was also a professional baseball player.
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).
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).