11 Major Black-White Basketball Collaborations Prior to NBA

Dolly King As A Rochester Royal

The Rochester Royals won the 1945-46 National Basketball League Championship in their first season with the league. The following year the Royals defended their title, with a new player named William “Dolly” King, the team’s first African American player.

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R.I.P. John ‘Boy Wonder’ Isaacs, 1915-2009

It’s with deep sorrow that I report the passing of John “Boy Wonder” Isaacs. John passed away this morning at the Albert Einstein Hospital in the Bronx, New York. He had suffered a stroke last week, from which he never arose. He was 93 years old.

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