The first black player in the NHL was Willie O'Ree. He played for the Boston Bruins.
Tony McKegney was the first black player for the Sabres.
The first black player to play for Manchester United was Tony Whelan in the 1960s.
The first black woman soccer player was named Briana Scurry. She was the goalkeeper. As of 2014, she is now retired.
If you mean the first black player to play for the Sabres , it was Tony McKegney. The first black player born in the USA was Val James who was from Florida.
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. === ===
Ozzie Virgil became the first black Tiger in 1958
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Earl LloydApril 28Earl Lloyd*On this date we celebrate the birth of Earl Lloyd in 1928. He was an African American basketball player, the first Black man to play in a National Basketball Association (NBA) game.
i don't know but the first black baseball player is Jackie Robinson
Althea Gibson was the first African American international tennis player. She was the first person of color to win a Grand Slam tournament when she won the French Open in 1956.