The first African American in the North American Soccer League was Otey Cannon. The first American born black player to play for the US National Team was Eddie Hawkins, however Joe Gaetjens, Haitian born, played for the US in the 1950 World Cup scoring the historic goal to defeat England 1-0.
The first African-American girl to play soccer is Briana Scurry.
scored a goal in his first 4 minutes of play fro the seattle sounders
Earl Lloyd was the first african american to play in the NBA
Yes Michael Jordan was the first african-american to play basketball
Dan Bankhead was the first African-American pitcher to play in a major league game.
1947. Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play major league baseball
Shaun Bartlett
He was the first to play Baseball
Who was Dallas cowboys first African American player in American history?
A. Reggin
Willie o'ree
The first black man to play in the Masters Tournament was Lee Elder, in 1975.