William Douglas has been writing The Color of Hockey blog since 2012. Douglas joined NHL.com in 2019 and writes about people ...

but he was also the first Black player to score 20 goals in a major hockey league. He had a 21-goal campaign in 1972-73 split between the New York Raiders and Los Angeles Sharks. That same season ...

1947 — Jackie Robinson becomes first black player of the 20th century to sign an MLB contract. 1949 — Sam Snead wins the Masters, beating Lloyd Mangrum and Johnny Bulla by three strokes.

Wilie O’Ree, sometimes referred to as “the Jackie Robinson of hockey” became the first Black NHL player in 1958. more than a decade after real Jackie Robinson debuted with the Brooklyn ...

Faulkner, considered to be the province’s top offensive player, got his NHL break in 1961 with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He ...