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People aren't "elected" to play professional sports, they are drafted by teams or independently signed to contracts ("free agents"). The first African American to play Major League Baseball was Jackie Robinson in 1947.
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Who is the first black player elected into national hall of fame?
If you mean the Baseball Hall of Fame, it was Jackie Robinson who was elected in 1962.
Who and in what year was the first black player elected into the National Hall of Fame?
In 1962, Jackie Robinson became the first African American baseball player to be elected into the National Hall of Fame. He was also the very first African American player to play in the National Baseball league.
Who was the first African American baseball player to be elected in the Hall of Fame?
If you mean the Baseball Hall of Fame, all players elected to the H of F that year, were elected by the Veterans Committe, and only one Black player was elected by the Special Committee on Negro Leagues, Satchel Paige. Regular election to the H of F were elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America, and no modern day player received enough votes to be elected that year.
Who was the first black elected to the baseball hall of fame?
Willie mays
Who was the first Latino baseball player to be elected to baseball's hall of fame?
Roberto clemente
Who was the first black player elected into basketball hall of fame?
The answer id noone
The first hispanic baseball player to go into the hall of fame?
The first hispanic baseball player elected into the Hall of Fame was Roberto Clemente in 1973.
Who became the first black player inducted into the baseball hall of fame?
It was Jackie Robinson, who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1947 to 1956. He was elected to Cooperstown in 1962, his first year of eligibility.
Who became the first black player to be elected into the National Hall of Fame?
Hulk hogan
Who was the first black president elected?
Barack Obama was the first Black president elected.
Who was the first Hispanic baseball player elected to the Coppertown hall of fame?
Roberto clement
Who was the first Latin American player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame and when?
That would be Roberto Clemente, elected posthumously on 1973 March 20.
