The Philadelphia Warriors one the first NBA Championships in 1947.
The first professional basketball player was Harry Lew in 1902. Howard University became the first college with a basketball program in 1908. All the players on that team were the first.
The first professional basketball game ever played was in 1896, in Trenton, New Jersey.
Pankaj Adwani first became world snooker champion in 2003
Michael Jordan
Kyle (BOY) George
The first professional Basketball game ever played was in 1896, in Trenton, New Jersey.
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Coach of the Saitama Broncos, a professional basketball team in Japan. She is the first female to coach a professional men's basketball team.
Bobby Fischer became the first American World Chess champion in 1975.
Jack Jonhson became the first African American boxing champion in 1908
In April 2006, female fighter Zhang Xiyan became China's first ever professional boxing champion by defeating America's Alicia Ashley for the WBC women's lightweight crown.
The first professional Basketball game ever played was in 1896, in Trenton, New Jersey.