Michle Jordan
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Paul Robeson (1919)
I don't know who the first black lacrosse player was. I have read that Rutgers had a black player a in the 1940s, but I have no further information. The first black lacrosse player who rose to prominence was Jim Brown, a 2x All-American middie from Syracuse who graduated in 1957. Brown, from Manhasset NY, subsequently played professional football & acted in movies. === ===
Lucy Harris was the first black woman All-American basketball player in 1997
Jim brown
Good question. It was Larry Doby of The Cleveland Indians. Many think its Satch but its not. -All-Star Memorabilia of Cooperstown
luke mcallister
NO she was not african american. She was simply american
No. The first African-American woman to win a Wimbledon singles title was Althea Gibson, who won back-to-back championships at the All-England Club event in 1957 and 1958.
Terry Cummings
Venezuelan shortstop Chico Carrasquel was the first Latin American player to play in an MLB All-Star game.
All Black prop Neemia Tialata , at 130 kg, is the heaviest player to have donned the black jersey.