America BLACK History #25...Athletes

Famous Black Athletes a to z

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• hank aaron 
  1934- 
  civil rights activist, baseball player
• kareem abdul-jabbar 
  1947- 
  basketball player
• shaun alexander
  1977- 
  football player
• muhammad ali 
  1942- 
  boxer, philanthropist
• carmelo anthony
  1984- 
  basketball player
• henry armstrong
  1912-1988 
  boxer, minister
• arthur ashe 
  1943-1993 
  activist, tennis player

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• ernie banks
  1931- 
  baseball player, coach
• charles barkley
  1963- 
  basketball player, television personality
• elgin baylor
  1934- 
  basketball player, coach, business leader
• cool papa bell
  1903-1991 
  baseball player
• yohan blake
  1989- 
  track and field athlete
• usain bolt
  1986- 
  track and field athlete
• barry bonds
  1964- 
  baseball player
• timothy bradley
  1983- 
  boxer
• jim brown
  1936- 
  activist, film actor, football player
• kobe bryant 
  1978- 
  basketball player
• isaac burns murphy
  1861-1896 
  athlete
• plaxico burress
  1977- 
  football player

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• roy campanella
  1921-1993 
  baseball player
• veronica campbell-brown
  1982- 
  track and field athlete
• rubin carter
  1937- 
  boxer
• wilt chamberlain 
  1936-1999 
  basketball player
• oscar charleston
  1896-1954 
  baseball player
• alice coachman
  1923- 
  track and field athlete
• jason collins
  1978- 
  basketball player
• cynthia cooper
  1963- 
  basketball player, coach
• victor cruz
  1986- 
  football player

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• willie davenport
  1943-2002 
  track and field athlete, military leader
• ernie davis
  1939-1963 
  football player
• dominique dawes
  1976- 
  activist, gymnast
• gail devers
  1966- 
  track and field athlete
• larry doby
  1923-2003 
  baseball player, coach
• gabby douglas 
  1995- 
  gymnast
• donald driver
  1975- 
  children's activist, football player
• tim duncan
  1976- 
  basketball player
• tony dungy
  1955- 
  football player
• kevin durant
  1988- 
  basketball player

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• teresa edwards
  1964- 
  basketball player
• julius erving
  1950- 
  basketball player
• lee evans
  1947- 
  track and field athlete
• barney ewell
  1918-1996 
  track and field athlete
• patrick ewing
  1962- 
  basketball player, coach
• ezzard charles
  1921-1975 
  boxer

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• allyson felix
  1985- 
  track and field athlete
• derek fisher
  1974- 
  basketball player
• george foreman 
  1949- 
  boxer, entrepreneur, minister
• rube foster
  1879-1930 
  baseball player
• shelly-ann fraser-pryce
  1986- 
  track and field athlete
• joe frazier
  1944-2011 
  boxer
• walt frazier
  1945- 
  basketball player

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• kevin garnett
  1976- 
  basketball player
• tyson gay
  1982- 
  track and field athlete
• althea gibson 
  1927-2003 
  golfer, tennis player
• ken griffey, jr.
  1969- 
  baseball player
• robert griffin iii
  1990- 
  football player, track and field athlete

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• marvin hagler
  1954- 
  boxer
• bob hayes
  1942-2002 
  football player, track and field athlete
• thomas "hitman" hearns
  1958- 
  boxer
• rickey henderson
  1958- 
  baseball player, coach
• larry holmes
  1949- 
  boxer
• santonio holmes
  1984- 
  football player
• evander holyfield
  1962- 
  boxer
• dwight howard
  1985- 
  children's activist, basketball player

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• michael irvin
  1966- 
  football player, television personality
• allen iverson
  1975- 
  basketball player

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• bo jackson
  1962- 
  baseball player, football player
• reggie jackson
  1946- 
  film actor, baseball player
• lebron james 
  1984- 
  basketball player
• fergie jenkins
  
  
  baseball player
• derek jeter 
  1974- 
  baseball player
• calvin johnson
  1985- 
  football player
• dwayne johnson
  1972- 
  film actor, athlete
• jack johnson
  1878-1946 
  boxer
• magic johnson 
  1959- 
  basketball player, entrepreneur
• michael johnson
  1967- 
  track and field athlete
• rafer johnson
  1935- 
  track and field athlete
• david "deacon" jones
  1938-2013 
  football player
• marion jones
  1975- 
  basketball player, track and field athlete
• roy jones jr.
  1969- 
  boxer
• michael jordan 
  1963- 
  basketball player
• florence joyner
  1959-1998 
  track and field athlete
• jackie joyner-kersee 
  1962- 
  track and field athlete

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• colin kaepernick
  1987- 
  football player
• karl malone
  1963- 
  basketball player

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• sugar ray leonard 
  1956- 
  boxer
• lisa leslie
  1972- 
  basketball player
• carl lewis
  1961- 
  track and field athlete
• lennox lewis
  1965- 
  boxer
• ray lewis
  1975- 
  football player
• sonny liston
  1932-1970 
  boxer
• joe louis 
  1914-1981 
  boxer

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• moses malone
  1955- 
  basketball player
• willie mays
  1931- 
  baseball player
• floyd mayweather
  1977- 
  boxer
• joe morgan
  1943- 
  baseball player
• edwin moses
  1955- 
  track and field athlete
• shane mosley
  1971- 
  boxer
• eddie murray
  1956- 
  baseball player

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• ken norton
  1943-2013 
  boxer

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