Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nat Clifton transformed the NBA in 1950 as the league's first Black players. Steve Aschburner Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nat Clifton were the first 3 Black players to ...
Earl Lloyd, Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton and Chuck Cooper integrated the NBA 75 years ago. Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; Sporting News Archive / Getty, NBA Photos / Getty Kevin Lloyd ...
Bill Sharman, an All-Star guard for the Boston Celtics in the 1950s who became coach of the Lakers and led the team to its first NBA championship in Los Angeles in record-setting fashion, died Friday.