New York Giants (1948-1958) and Green Bay Packer (1959-1961) safety Emlen Tunnell was the first African American elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Tunnell was enshrined in Canton in 1967.
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Robert L. "Bob" Douglas also know as The Father of Black Professional Basketball was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on February 5, 1972, becoming the first African-American to be enshrined in Springfield.
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Warren Moon who was elected to the HoF in 2006.
Johnny bench was inducted in 1987
Christy Mathewson, who was inducted into the baseball hall of fame in 1936. He was buried at Lewisburg Cemetary in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania on October 10, 1925.
Jackie Robinson was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1962.
She was inducted into Black And Crazy Hall Of Fame.
Warren Moon ========== Warren Moon, one of only two people to be inducted into both the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Bud Grant is the other) was a rookie with the Edmonton Eskimos in 1978. In 1964, however, Tom Casey became the first black player inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
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Frank "Silent Frank" Hinkey was the first player inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He was inducted in 1951 and was an end for Yale University.
Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella in 1968.
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Ferguson Jenkins in 1991
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.
Robert L. "Bob" Douglas also know as The Father of Black Professional Basketball was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on February 5, 1972, becoming the first African-American to be enshrined in Springfield.
Aretha Franklin is the "Queen of Soul" and the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She was inducted on January 3, 1987.