Chuck Cooper (basketball)
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Charles Henry Cooper was an American professional basketball player. Cooper played college basketball for the Duquesne Dukes and was named a consensus second-team All-American in 1950. According to th
Chuck Cooper
The 1953–54 Boston Celtics basketball team practicing the pick and roll. From left to rightː Bob Donham, Ed Mikan, Bill Sharman and Chuck Cooper.
Nat Clifton
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Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton was an American professional basketball player who was one of the first African Americans to play in the National Basketball Association. He was also a professional base
Chuck Cooper (basketball)
…Association (NBA) team; he was chosen by the Boston Celtics with the first pick of the second round of the 1950 NBA Draft. Cooper and two others—Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton and Earl Lloyd—became the first African-American players in the NBA, in 1950. In a six-season NBA career, Cooper played for the Celtics, the Milwaukee/St…
Clifton, circa 1949