Chuck Cooper
Charles Henry Cooper was an American professional basketball player. He and two others, Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton and Earl Lloyd, became the first African-American players in the NBA in 1950. Cooper was also the first African American to be drafted by a National Basketball Association (NBA) team, as the first pick of the second round by the Boston Celtics. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on September 9, 2019.
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Male
Date of Birth
September 29th, 1926
Age
99
Birth Place
United States of America, Pennsylvania
Date of Death
February 5th, 1984
Died Aged
57
Star Sign
Libra
Height
196 cm | 6'5
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