1950s Marion Motley African American Football Pioneer HOFer Original Photo Image used for his 1953 Bowman #9 Football Card PSA/DNA Basketball Tickets Chuck Cooper was a trailblazing

Chuck Cooper was a trailblazing African American basketball player who made history in 1950 as the first Black player ever drafted into the NBA

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Costello played a key role in bootlegging operations during Prohibition and later expanded into gambling and political influence

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1950s Marion Motley African American Football Pioneer HOFer Original Photo Image used for his 1953 Bowman #9 Football Card PSA/DNA Basketball Tickets Chuck Cooper was a trailblazingIn 1946, one year before Jackie Robinson signed with baseball's Brooklyn Dodgers, four players smashed pro football's race barrier. The trailblazers were Marion Motley and Bill Willis, who signed with the Cleveland Browns of the new All America Football Conference, and Kenny Washington and Woody Strode, who signed with the National Football League's Los Angeles Rams. Injuries ended Washington's career after three seasons, while Strode played just the