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By: Sam Lindgren
Fritz Pollard
• He along with Bobby Marshall was the first African American Football player in the NFL
• He was also the first black NFL Head Coach
• He paved the way for many NFL players• He has a group named after him in the
NFL called the Fritz Pollard alliance
Willie O’Ree
• He was the first black NHL player
• Even though he was 95% blind in his right eye which would have not let him play hockey he lied about it and played from 1956-1979 and broke the color barrier in hockey
• San Diego State university presented him with an Award for Outstanding commitment to diversity
Jackie Robinson
• Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier between major league baseball and the negro league
• After he debuted in 1947 many African American players have made there mark on Major League Baseball like Ken Griffey Jr. , Hank Aaron,and Roberto Clemente.
• He founded the Jackie Robinson Foundation and was on the board of the NAACP
• He was appointed a United Nations ambassador in 1992
• Pele has several charities like Harlem Youth soccer, 46664, Great Ormond Street hospital, and The littlest lamb
• He also has a scholarship program that benefits children enrolled in the Children’s Aid Society
Tiger Woods
• He founded the tiger woods foundation
• He also donates to the Rainforest foundation fund
• He also created the Earl d. woods scholarship program
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• All of these people showed determination and they changed the America forever