ValKehl
02-27-2015, 07:28 PM
This interesting read is from the Sports Section of today's Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/wizards/earl-lloyd-first-african-american-in-nba-dies-at-86/2015/02/26/dee18aae-be2f-11e4-8668-4e7ba8439ca6_story.html
I confess that I could not have told you who broke the color barrier in the NBA. But, I do vaguely remember watching Earl Lloyd play on TV when I was a teen in the late 1950's.
I was even more amazed to learn that Lloyd was a native of Alexandria, VA, same as me, and lived there thru high school. I've lived in Alexandria or nearby all of my life, but I never heard about him (Lloyd was some years before my time).
Val
I confess that I could not have told you who broke the color barrier in the NBA. But, I do vaguely remember watching Earl Lloyd play on TV when I was a teen in the late 1950's.
I was even more amazed to learn that Lloyd was a native of Alexandria, VA, same as me, and lived there thru high school. I've lived in Alexandria or nearby all of my life, but I never heard about him (Lloyd was some years before my time).
Val