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This is a list of notable African American sportspeople. For other African Americans, see Lists of African Americans . Administrators, executives, and businesspeople
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.
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 ...
African-American track and field athletes (1 C, 498 P) V. African-American volleyball players (39 P) W. African-American professional wrestlers (206 P)
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 ...
These Black Olympians are trailblazers.View Entire Post ›
It includes 21st-century American sportsmen that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "21st-century African-American sportsmen" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 6,879 total.
List of African-American NASCAR drivers; List of Hispanic and Latin American NASCAR drivers; NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers; List of Native American sportspeople; List of NBA referees; List of members of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame