In the nba player draft, the boston celtics was the first team to draft an african-american player, chuck cooper. he was picked in the second round of the draft, and in the ninth round of the draft, the washington capitals drafted earl lloyd, also a forward. three and a half years after jackie robinson integrated professional baseball, earl lloyd became the first african-american to play in a nba game. he scored six points and led both teams in rebounds with ten. that game earned earl lloyd induction into the basketball hall of fame in 2003 at nba s first african-american player. the day after earl lloyd s first game, chuck cooper played his first game for the celtics. and three days after that, sweet water clifton who had been playing for the harlem globetrotters played his first game for the knicks.
African-american assistant coach. he wanted to continue playing as the assistant coach, but he dropped that idea when he saw the first giant. i saw wilt chamberlin for the first time. i quit right there. i said coach, the guy isn t real. you ve got your assistant coach. the first african-american coach was bill russell who became the team s player coach in 1966. in 1971 earl lloyd became the first non-playing african-american coach in the nba with the detroit pistons. detroit s biggest star of that era, hall-of-famer dave bing who was later elected mayor of detroit said this about coach lloyd. he taught a lot of us how to play the game. but more importantly he taught us how to be good citizens how to be good ambassadors for this
Comes down to condemning statements. but the real issue is what mr. silver will do in sanctions and we also added to our motion was that they take a similar tact that major league baseball did and sanctioned himse severely. that s the real key and the entire fan base and communities in and out of los angeles should be directing their comments to the clippers to let them know how offended they are. when you look at those newspaper advertisements, there s donald sterling s face. he s celebrating black history month. he s pictured beside an african-american player and yet he allegedly makes these horrible comments on tape. well, you know, this really isn t nothing new when you look at the history of this country and history of racism. it wasn t that unusual to have,
Out of the way, moises makes the catch. i can t believe that a fan would do that. reporter: the cubs have struggled for generations despite star lieblgs ron santo, billy williams, fergie jenkins, ryan sandburg and the first african-american player for the team ernie banks. that s a foul back. back. back. that s it! hey! reporter: but the cubs weren t wrigley s only tenant. the chicago bears were dominant at wrigley in the 1940s with the monsters of the midway winning four nfl championships. at the end of the season we would come through here and we would pick out all our gear and take home. and the bears would be moving in, you know, big guys and stuff like that. reporter: gale sayers once scored six touchdowns in a single gayle against the 49ers. easy game.
Before we go to break, if you haven t seen this, the weather channel s jam cantore was doing this and he had a vigorous response. we have not gotten into the worst part of this storm yet. that is to come a little bit later on tonight. so, obviously, here at the college of charleston, they re already having a good time. ouch. did you see that knee? don t mess with jim. next on super bowl sunday. michael strahan, the problems that he faces as an african-american xhen taim tater and working with kelly rippa. too big. too small. too soft. too tasty. [ both laugh ] [ male announcer ] introducing progresso s new creamy alfredo soup. inspired by perfection.