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100 pioneers : African-Americans who broke color barriers in sport /

Through an effective combination of historical research and personal interviews, 100 Pioneers offers compelling portraits of the dedicated athletes, coaches and administrators who broke color barriers on college campuses and in professional sports all around the country. These engaging accounts deta...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lapchick, Richard Edward (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Morgantown, WV] : [Fitness Information Technology], [2008]
Subjects:
African American athletes > Biography.
Sportifs noirs américains > Biographies.
African American athletes.
Biography
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 An Introduction: Race and Sport in America 1
  • Part 1 Professional Sport
  • Chapter 2 Major League Baseball: African-American Pioneers in America's Favorite Pastime 9
  • First African-American Player in MLB / Jackie Robinson 14
  • First African-American Player in MLB's American League / Larry Doby 19
  • First African-American Coach in MLB / John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil 23
  • First African-American Manager in MLB / Frank Robinson 28
  • First African-American General Manager in MLB / Bill Lucas 31
  • First African-American National League President of MLB / Bill White 34
  • First African-American Manager in MLB to Win a World Series / Cito Gaston 37
  • First African-American General Manager in MLB's American League / Bob Watson 40
  • First African-American President in MLB / Ulice Payne, Jr. 43
  • Chapter 3 NFL Pioneers: A Story of Pioneers in Two Eras 47
  • First African-America Coach in the NFL / Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard 51
  • One of the First Two African-American Players in the Modern-Day NFL / Kenny "Kingfish" Washington 55
  • One of the First Two African-American Players in the Modern-Day NFL / Woodrow "Woody" Wilson Woolrine Strode 59
  • First African-American Coach in the Modern-Day NFL / Arthur Shell 62
  • First African-American General Manager in the NFL / Ozzie Newsome 65
  • First African-American Coaches to Face Off in the Super Bowl / Lovie Smith, Tony Dungy 68
  • First African-American Coach to Win the Super Bowl / Tony Dungy 71
  • Chapter 4 NBA: The NBA Is the Pioneer Leader 75
  • First African-American Player to Be Signed to the NBA / Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton 78
  • First African-American Player to Be Drafted into the NBA / Charles "Chuck" Cooper 84
  • First African-American Player to Play in the NBA / Earl Lloyd 87
  • First African-American to Be Selected to an NBA All-Star Team / Don Angelo Barksdale 90
  • First African-American Head Coach of Any Major Professional Sport / Bill Russell 93
  • First African-American General Manager and President of a Professional Sports Franchise / Wayne Embry 97
  • First African-American Coaches to Face Off in a Professional Championship / Al Attles, K.C. Jones 101
  • First African-American Owners of a Professional Sports Franchise / Peter Bynoe, Robert Johnson 104
  • Chapter 5 National Hockey League: African-American Players in a Traditionally White Sport 109
  • First Black Player in the NHL / William O'Ree 113
  • Chapter 6 Tennis and Golf: Country Clubs' Slow Integration of Great Sports 117
  • First African-American to Win Wimbledon / Althea Gibson 123
  • First African-American to Win Wimbledon and the U.S. Open / Arthur Ashe 128
  • First African-American Golfer on the PGA Tour / Charlie Sifford 133
  • First African-American to Play in the Masters / Lee Elder 136
  • Chapter 7 Boxing: Champions Who Set the World Stage 139
  • First African-American World Heavyweight Boxing Champion / John Arthur "Jack" Johnson 141
  • African-American Boxing Pioneer for the Human Race / Joe Louis Barrow 145
  • "The Greatest" / Muhammad Ali 149
  • Part 2 College Sport
  • Chapter 8 College Coaching Ranks Still Show Long Way to Go in Spite of Great Pioneers 157
  • First African-American Head Coach in the Ivy League / Larry Ellis 163
  • First African-American Head Coach in the Big Ten Conference / Payton Fuller 165
  • First African-American Head Coach in the Southeastern Conference / Fletcher Carr 167
  • First African-American Coach in the Big 12 Conference / Marian Washington 171
  • First African-American Head Football Coach at a Division I-A University / Willie Jefferies 173
  • First African-American Coach in the Atlantic Coast Conference / Robert Purnell Wade 176
  • Black Coaches & Administrators / John Thompson, Jr. 179
  • Black Coaches & Administrators / George Raveling 183
  • Black Coaches & Administrators / John Chaney 187
  • Black Coaches & Administrators / Nolan Richardson 191
  • A Once-in-a-Lifetime Man / Eddie Robinson 194
  • First African-American Female Head Coach to Win an NCAA Women's Basketball Championship / Carolyn Peck 201
  • First Basketball Coach to Take Three Schools to the Final Four / C. Vivian Stringer 205
  • First African-American Coach to Win a Division I-A Bowl Game / Tyrone Willingham 209
  • Chapter 9 College Administrators: African-American Athletics Directors Who Opened the Door 213
  • First African-American Athletics Directors in the Ivy League / Abraham Molineaux Hewlett, Charles Harris 217
  • First African-American Athletics Director at a Major Division I Institution / Gale Sayers 221
  • First African-American Athletics Director in the Big Ten Conference / McKinley Boston 225
  • First African-American Athletics Director in the Big 12 Conference / Gene Smith 229
  • First African-American Athletics Director in the Atlantic Coast Conference / Craig Littlepage 232
  • First African-American Athletics Director in the Southeastern Conference / Damon Evans 236
  • Chapter 10 Student-Athletes Play with Courage 239
  • Section 1 Southeastern Conference Student-Athlete Pioneers 245
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of Kentucky and in the SEC / Nat Northington 246
  • First African-American Football Scholarship Student-Athlete at the University of Tennessee / Lester McClain 249
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at Vanderbilt University / Perry Wallace 253
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of Georgia / Maxie Foster 257
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at Auburn University / Henry Harris 260
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of Florida / Ron Coleman 264
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of Arkansas / Jon Richardson 267
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of Mississippi / Coolidge Ball 271
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at Louisiana State University / Collis Temple, Jr. 275
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of Alabama / Wendell Hudson 278
  • Section 2 Atlantic Coast Conference Student-Athlete Heroes 283
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at Boston College / Lou Montgomery 284
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at North Carolina State University / Irwin Holmes 287
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of Maryland / Darryl Hill 291
  • First African-American Student-Athletes at Wake Forest University / William Smith, Robert Grant, Kenneth Henry 295
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at Duke University / C.B. Claiborne 298
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at Florida State University / Fred Flowers 301
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of Miami / Ray Bellamy 305
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill / Charlie Scott 309
  • First African-American Scholarship Student-Athlete at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute of Technology / Jerry Gaines 312
  • First African-American Scholarship Student-Athlete at the Georgia Institute of Technology / Eddie McAshan 316
  • First African-American Scholarship Student-Athlete at Clemson University / Craig Mobley 319
  • Section 3 Big 12 Conference Student-Athlete Barrier Breakers 323
  • First African-American Student-Athletes at the University of Kansas / Sherman, Grant, Ed Harvey 324
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of Nebraska / George Flippin 327
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at Iowa State University / Johnny "Jack" Trice 330
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at Kansas State University / Harold Robinson 333
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of Missouri / Al Abram 336
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of Oklahoma / Prentice Gautt 339
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at Oklahoma State University / Orlando Hazley 343
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of Texas / James Means 345
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at Baylor University / John Westbrook 347
  • Section 4 Big 10 Conference Student-Athlete Trailblazers 353
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at University of Michigan / Moses Fleetwood Walker 354
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at The Ohio State University / Frederick Douglass Patterson 359
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at Indiana University / Preston Eagleson 362
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at the University of Iowa / Carleton W. "Kinney" Holbrook 366
  • First African-American Student-Athletes at the University of Wisconsin / Julian Ware, Adelbert Richard Matthews 370
  • First African-American Student-Athletes at the University of Illinois / Roy Young, Hiram Wheeler 373
  • First African-American Football Player at the University of Minnesota / Bobby "Rube" Marshall 375
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at The Pennsylvania State University / Cumberland Posey, Jr. 378
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at Michigan State University / Gideon Smith 382
  • Section 5 Ivy League Student-Athlete Leaders 387
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at Brown University / William Edward White 388
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at Harvard University / William Henry Lewis 392
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at Dartmouth University / Matthew Washington Bullock 396
  • First African-American Student-Athlete at Columbia University / John Howard Johnson 400
  • First African-American Football Student-Athlete at Cornell University / Jerome "Brud" Holland 402.