Nathaniel Sweetwater Clifton was a basketball star at Chicagos DuSable High School. Clifton as he in inducted into the Hall of Fame About the NBA.
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Clifton He got the nickname Sweetwater for his love of soda pop but the moniker might just as well have described his sugary-sweet skills on the basketball court. He was born Clifton Nathaniel in Little Rock Arkansas and later raised in Chicago Illinois. Clifton was actually the first under official contract to play in the league.
After serving in the US Army during World War II he first rose to fame as a member of the Harlem Globetrotters 1947 to 1950. 2142020 Nat Sweetwater Clifton reports to Coach Joe lapchick. Clifton the 67 center of the New York Knickerbockers is the first black player in the professional basketball League.
He played at the center and forward positions for eight seasons. There was a story I had recently heard about a woman I think her name was Rosa Parks who had a hard day at work. Nathaniel Clifton born Clifton Nathaniel Sweetwater Nat Sweets Position.
In another way as well. In the post war years. Spawned from his love for soda pop as a kid.
892014 Cliftons Knicks teammate Willie Naulls had the following words to say about the 2014 Hall of Fame inductee. He was a first. On that day the former Harlem Globetrotter star turned New York Knick created a chain of events that rocked the sports world broke racial barriers and forever created change in the game of basketball.
Clifton played one season at Xavier University in New Orleans before being drafted into the US. While Chuck Cooper and Earl Lloyd Cliftons African-American. He might be considered the NBAs first.
In another way as well. He might be considered the NBAs first black star. Clifton first made a name for himself by dominating the high school level in the basketball hotbed that is the Windy City.
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In another way as well. August 31 1990 College. Clifton played for the all-black New York Rens and Harlem Globetrotters before becoming one of the first African-American players in the NBA when he.
In the 1942 city championship semifinals during his senior year he scored 45 points. Nat Sweetwater Clifton also called Sweets earned his nickname for his love of soda pop. He might be considered the NBAs first black star.
Take a look at the career of Nat Sweetwater. 2112021 Arkansas-born but Chicago-raised Nathaniel Nat Sweetwater. Clifton was actually the first under official contract to play in the league.
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Nathaniel Sweetwater Clifton was the first African-American player to sign a contract in the NBA to catch on with a team when he signed with the New York. On November 1st 1950 Nat Sweetwater Clifton walked into an all-white league. October 13 1922 in Little Rock Arkansas us.
Clifton was actually the first under official contract to play in the league. Dolph Schayes 4 George Ratkovitz 6 Nat Clifton 19 Max Zaslofsky 5 Belus Smawley 14 Syracuse Nationals at New York Knicks. Change change is coming.
The NBA is the premier professional basketball league in the United S. Nat Clifton 19 George Ratkovicz 6 Syracuse Nationals at New York Knicks. Check out these highlights from Hall of Fame Inductee Nathaniel Clifton.
Nat Clifton 19 George Ratkovicz 6 Syracuse Nationals at New York Knicks. Xavier University of Louisiana. Nathaniel Sweetwater Clifton became the first Black player to sign a contract in the NBA when he signed with the New York Knickerbockers in 1950.
While Chuck Cooper and Earl Lloyd Cliftons African-American. He was a first. 352021 From Nat Sweetwater Clifton to Sam Jones to Willis Reed to Earl The Pearl Monroe to Bob Love to Anthony Mason to Charles Oakley to Ben Wallace it.
