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Who was the first African American to play professional baseball?
Jimmy Claxton
Who was the The first African-American golf player?
History has not recorded the first African American who played golf. However, the first African American to receive full Professional Golf Association status was Charlie Sifford in 1960.
Who was the first African American in professional football in the modern era?
Terrell Owens
Who was the first African American professional baseball player in the American League?
Answer:Bud Fowler - 1878
Who was the first African American athlete to play two professional sports?
Jackie Robinson
Was Roberto Clemente the first African American to play professional baseball?
No, it was Jackie Robinson.
Who was Moses Fleetwood Walker?
He is credited as the first African-American professional baseball player.
Who was the first African American professional baseball player of the twentieth century?
Jackie Robinson.
Who was first the professional African American tennis player to win a major title at the 1956 French Open?
There was no African American champion at the 1956 French Open.
Who was president when Jackie Robinson became the 1st African American to play professional baseball?
Harry Truman was in the White House when Robinson became the first African-American to play professional baseball in the modern era.
Is Kevin weekes the first African American to play hockey?
Weekes is NOT African-American. He is a Canadian citizen of Barbadian parentage (African-Canadian). He is not the first black man to play hockey, nor is he the first black man to play professionally in the NHL. Willie O'Ree was the first to sign an NHL contract and actually play in the league (Boston Bruins, 1957). Hockey is an ancient sport played in some form as early as 2500 B.C., so we can't be sure who the first black player of the game was. There was a professional league in the Canadian Maritimes from 1895-1925. however. A photo gallery of all black NHL players is at http://blackhockeyplayers.webs.com. Also see the book, 'Black Ice: The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, 1895-1925.'
Who was the first African American coach to lead a professional sport's team to a championship?
Depends on what sport ur talking about.
