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Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers was named the National League ViP in 1949.

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That would be Roy Campanella of the Negro Leagues and the Brooklyn Dodgers who was elected in 1968.

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Jackie Robinson (1962)

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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?

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When was the first black player elected to play baseball?

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.


Who was the first Latino baseball player to be elected to baseball's hall of fame?

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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?

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