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∙ 9y agoBud Fowler became the first African American to play as a professional Baseball player, but not the major leagues. Despite many believing Jackie4 Robinson was the first black to play major league baseball, it was actually a man named Moses Fleetwood Walker who was first. Jackie Robinson was the first in the modern era of MLB.
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∙ 9y agoHe is credited as the first African-American professional baseball player.
Jackie Robinson.
Answer:Bud Fowler - 1878
Becoming the first Black player in the major leagues :)
In MLB, that was Frank Robinson who was named player/manager of the Cleveland Indians in 1975.
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There was no African American champion at the 1956 French Open.
Jackie Robinson was an African American baseball player.
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History has not recorded the first African American who played golf. However, the first African American to receive full Professional Golf Association status was Charlie Sifford in 1960.
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