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Jackie Robinson
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Jackie Robinson
Baseball Player / 1919 - 1972
Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play major league baseball, becoming Rookie of the Year in 1947, National League MVP in 1949 and a World Series champ in 1955.
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Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods
Golfer / 1975 -
Professional golf player Tiger Woods was the youngest man (at the age of 21) and the first African-American to win the U.S. Masters.
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Ernie Davis
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- African-American Firsts Athletes
- Famous Black Athletes
- Famous Sagittarians
Ernie Davis
Football Player / 1939 - 1963
Ernie Davis was is the first African American man to win the Heisman Trophy and the first black athlete to be chosen 1st overall in the NFL Draft.
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Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph
Track and Field Athlete / 1940 - 1994
Olympic track and field champion Wilma Rudolph became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field events at the Olympics.
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Arthur Ashe
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- Famous Cancerians
- Famous Black Athletes
Arthur Ashe
Tennis Player / 1943 - 1993
Arthur Ashe was a tennis player, the first, and currently only, African American to win the men's singles at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, or the Australian Open.
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Robert L. Johnson
Robert L. Johnson
Entrepreneur / 1946 -
Robert L. Johnson is the founder of Black Entertainment Television and the first African American majority owner of a major professional sports team in the US.
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