Sentences with phrase «basketball color barriers»
Don Barksdale broke numerous basketball color barriers, becoming the first black player to be named an NCAA All - American, the first to make the Olympic basketball team, the first to win an Olympic basketball medal, the first to be named an NBA All - Star and the first to be in the top 10 in the NBA in salary.
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Compare this to breaking the color barrier in baseball or the emergence of women's professional sports leagues in soccer or basketball.
The author of a new book on Perry Wallace, who broke the color barrier in SEC basketball in the 1960s, explains why he decided to tell Wallace's little - known story.