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First African American to become majority owner of a U.S. major sports league team: Robert L. Johnson (Charlotte Bobcats, NBA) [Note 7] (see also 2001) First African American to hold the #1 rank in tennis: Venus Williams
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]
He became the first African-American announcer to call play-by-play of a major sports championship in the United States when he announced Super Bowl XXXV for the CBS network in 2001. Until 2023, Gumbel was the studio host for CBS' men's college basketball coverage and was a play-by-play broadcaster for the NFL on CBS .
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]
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; Billy Hunter, former executive director of the National Basketball Players Association
Nettie George Speedy (née George; November 3, 1878 – July 7, 1957) was an American journalist and golfer. She worked for the Chicago Defender and The Metropolitan Post. Speedy was the first Black woman to play golf in Chicago and among the first to play anywhere in the United States. [1]
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).
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