Oscar Benjamin "Ossie" Schectman (March 30, 1919 – July 30, 2013) was an American professional basketball player. He is credited with having scored the first basket in the Basketball Association of …

Jan 31, 2025 · Here’s a list of firsts from the NBA’s Black pioneers and the milestones they reached. Get drafted in the NBA: Chuck Cooper earned this distinction on April 25, 1950, when Boston selected the...

The first African American players in the National Basketball Association in the twentieth century all came into the league in 1950. They were Earl Francis Lloyd (Washington Capitols), Charles Henry …

Oct 31, 2024 · Earl Lloyd became the first Black player to take the court in an NBA game, paving the way for other African Americans who would follow. A native of Alexandria, Virginia, the 6-foot-6 …

Mar 16, 2007 · Earl Francis “Big Cat” Lloyd, the first African American to play in a National Basketball Association game, was born on April 3, 1928 in Alexandria, Virginia.

Aug 3, 2013 · In 1949, executives (above) celebrated the merger of the National Basketball League and the Basketball Association of America, which formed the NBA. Three years earlier Ossie Schectman …

Aug 26, 2021 · On April 25, 1950, the Boston Celtics make Chuck Cooper, an All-American forward from Duquesne University, the first African American picked in NBA draft. With the selection, the first pick...

Earl Lloyd was the first African-American to play in an NBA game. On October 31, 1950, Lloyd played his first game for the Washington Capitols. He played 7 games that season. After serving in the …

Apr 27, 2025 · Chuck Cooper made history on April 25, 1950, as the NBA’s first Black player selected in the draft, setting the stage for transformative moments to follow. The Boston Celtics picked Cooper …

Lloyd and Jim Tucker became the first African–Americans to play on an NBA championship team. Lloyd spent six seasons with Syracuse and two with the Detroit Pistons before retiring in 1961.