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Famous Black athletes span all sports, from football and basketball to tennis and gymnastics. ... A role model for African American female athletes, she went on to win three gold medals and one ...
Carmelo Anthony - professional basketball player, (African-American mother) [22] [23] Greg Anthony - retired professional basketball player; Cole Anthony - basketball player (African American father) Nate Archibald - former professional basketball player; Jim Ard - former professional basketball player; Gilbert Arenas - retired professional ...
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 ...
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).
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 ...
In 1977, she won the inaugural Honda Sports Award for basketball, [14] as well as the Broderick Cup, an award for outstanding female athletes in college. [15] [16] [17] During her tenure at Delta State, Harris was the only African American player on the team. [18] [19]
Sports portal Wikimedia Commons has media related to Female African American sportspeople . This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American sportswomen .
The National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD) is celebrated throughout the US to remember and honor Flo Hyman. It was created and is supported by Girls Incorporated , Girl Scouts of the USA , the National Association for Girls and Women in Sport , the Women's Sports Foundation and the YWCA of the U.S.A. [ 22 ]