Topic: Earl Lloyd
Earl Francis Lloyd is considered by many to be the " Lloyd became only one of three blacks drafted by the National Basketball Association in the 1950 draft. In that 1950 draft, basketball innovator Red Auerbach, selected Chuck Cooper out of Duquesne University ...
April 3, 1928, Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.), basketball player who was the first African American to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the spring of 1950 Lloyd, who played collegiate basketball at West Virginia State College, was the second black ...
