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    Who was the first black NBA player to actually receive on-court playing time, thus becoming the first black to actually play in the NBA?

    Question #810. Asked by iain. (Apr 07 00 4:47 AM)


    barbs42

    		Sweetwater Clifton of the Harlem Globetrotters became the first African-American to sign an NBA contract (Knicks); Chuck Cooper was the first drafted (Celtics); and Earl Lloyd, playing one day before the other two, became the first African-American to play in the NBA (Washington Capitols).

    Apr 07 00, 10:34 AM
    zbeckabee

    		Earl Lloyd was an African American basketball player -- the first Black man to play in a National Basketball Association (NBA) game.

    Nicknamed "The Big Cat", he was one of three African-Americans to enter the NBA at the same time. It was only because of the order in which the teams' season openers fell that Lloyd was the first to actually play in an NBA game. The date was October 31, 1950, one day ahead of Charles Cooper of the Boston Celtics and four days before Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton of the New York Knicks.

    http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1523/Earl_Lloyd_one_of_the_1st_Black_NBA_players

    Jan 15 08, 5:03 PM

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