moses fleetwood walker was the first black player in the major league baseball.
who was the first black player in the major league baseball?
moses fleetwood walker
minor league baseball became a presence in the city. in 1946, the montreal royals, a triple-a team affiliated with the brooklyn dodgers of major league baseball, became the first team having any affiliation to mlb to break baseball's colour barrier. jackie robinson, who had been signed to a contract by branch rickey in late 1945, played the entire season for the international league team. he and teammates roy partlow and johnny wright were the first black players in the league since the 1880s. the next year, robinson became the first black player to play for a major league baseball team. in 1951 in farnham, a town east of montreal, sam bankhead became the first black manager in minor league baseball; he was a player-manager for the farnham pirates of the provincial league that year.
1969 major league baseball expansion
bullet::::- first black player to surpass 20 goals in a single nhl season: tony mckegney (1979–80)





















































bullet::::- first black goalie in the nhl: grant fuhr (1981–82)





















































bullet::::- first black player to surpass 100 goals in the nhl: tony mckegney (1982–83)





















































bullet::::- first black player to win the stanley cup: grant fuhr (1983–84)





















































bullet::::- first black player to surpass 500 nhl points: tony mckegney (1987–88)





















































bullet::::- first black player to surpass 200 nhl wins: grant fuhr (1988–89)





















































bullet::::- first black player to win the frank j. selke trophy: dirk graham (1990–91)
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