Harlem Globetrotters
the Cleveland hearts
The first basketball team was from Canada.
The Harlem Rens were the first African-American basketball team and they were actually founded in 1922. They played from 1922 until 1948.
Bob Yancy and Ben Franklin of Boston University (1937) The first Black selected for All-American basketball honors was Don Barksdale of UCLA (1947) The first Black signed by a National Basketball Assn. team was Charles (Chuck) Cooper, who joined the New York Knicks (1950)
The first basketball team wasn't segregated. Actually, black players didn't want to play.
Harlem Globetrotters
the Cleveland hearts
The first basketball team was from Canada.
The Harlem Rens were the first African-American basketball team and they were actually founded in 1922. They played from 1922 until 1948.
Bob Yancy and Ben Franklin of Boston University (1937) The first Black selected for All-American basketball honors was Don Barksdale of UCLA (1947) The first Black signed by a National Basketball Assn. team was Charles (Chuck) Cooper, who joined the New York Knicks (1950)
The University of Chicago Basketball Team.
the first basketball team was the USA to win but who played
The Harlem Rens They played from 1922 to 1948
Glory Road
The first team that is considered to have a basketball team organized is Vanderbilt University. They played a local team from the YMCA in Nashville, Tennessee.
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