Earl Lloyd
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About
Small forward who was the first African-American to play in an NBA game.
Before Fame
He played his college basketball at West Virginia State College.
Trivia
He played for three NBA teams from 1950-1960, most notably the Syracuse Nationals, with whom he won an NBA Championship in 1955.
Family Life
He married Charlita Lloyd, and had three children.
Associated With
In 2003, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, in the same class as Celtics great Robert Parish.
