Price was not only the oldest living former Harlem Globetrotter but was also one of 10 black players who in 1941 broke the racial color barrier in pro basketball by signing with the Toledo Jim White Chevrolets of the National Basketball League.
R.I.P. Al Price, Black Basketball Pioneer, 1917-2011
Brian Gaynor of the Des Moines Register copped some nice research about the breaking of the racial color barrier in the old National Basketball League, for a piece he wrote that appeared this week in the Sheboygan Press.
The Basketball Hall of Fame will form a special review committee to look at overlooked African American candidates, but there’s a catch.
Here are some September birthdays of Black Fives Era stars.