Mr. Earl Lloyd

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  Only a few players and coaches from traditionally black schools are in the Hall of Fame, including West Virginia State's Earl Lloyd, who became the first black player in the NBA after leading his school to a 30-0 season in 1947-48.
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  Earl "the Pearl" Monroe, who averaged over 41 points at Winston-Salem State in 1967, and his coach there, Clarence "Big House" Gaines, also are Hall of Famers.

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  Only a few players and coaches from tradition­ally black schools are in the Hall of Fame, including West Virginia State's Earl Lloyd, who became the first black player in the NBA after leading his school to a 30- 0 season in 1947- 48.
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  Earl " the Pearl" Monroe, who aver­aged over 41 points at Winston- Salem State in 1967, and his coach there, Clarence "Big House" Gaines, also are Hall of Famers.

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  Published on: 5/28/2008    Last Visited: 5/28/2008  

  Earl Lloyd, a 1950 State graduate and a 2003 inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and Charleston lawyer Jim Humphreys will be honored Thursday at the university's 31st annual Foundation dinner.
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  Lloyd, nicknamed "The Big Cat" and recruited by the Washington Capitols in 1950, was the first black player in the NBA.From 1968-70, he also made history as the NBA's first black assistant coach with the Detroit Pistons.He went on to serve as head coach with the Pistons from 1970-71.
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  Earl Lloyd, a 1950 State graduate and a 2003 inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and Charleston lawyer Jim Humphreys will be honored Thursday at the university's 31st annual Foundation dinner.
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  Lloyd, nicknamed "The Big Cat" and recruited by the Washington Capitols in 1950, was the first black player in the NBA.From 1968-70, he also made history as the NBA's first black assistant coach with the Detroit Pistons.He went on to serve as head coach with the Pistons from 1970-71.

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  Published on: 10/25/2007    Last Visited: 11/14/2007  

  New T.C. Williams court will be named after African-American pioneer Earl Lloyd.
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  As part of the celebration, the new basketball court in T.C. Williams' renovated gymnasium will be named after Lloyd.
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  "Earl Lloyd, an Alexandria native from Parker-Gray High School, basketball star and NBA pioneer, will be honored with a very special tribute and dedication."
  
  Earl Lloyd, who played at West Virginia State from 1946-1950, was the first African-American drafted into the NBA when the Washington Capitols selected him.Lloyd went on to play for the Syracuse Nationals and Detroit Pistons, and he and Jim Tucker were the first African-Americans to play on an NBA championship team.He later became head coach of the Detroit Pistons during the 1970-1971 season, and was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003.
  
  "There are hundreds of stories about Earl Lloyd and the impact he's had on people's lives not only here in Alexandria, but across this great nation of ours," Donley said.
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  Lloyd grew up in Alexandria and attended Parker-Gray, the segregated school for African-Americans that preceded T.C. Williams.
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  Lewis, who played at Parker-Gray, also introduced fellow Parker-Gray alums Arnold Thurmond and Naomi Lewis-Brooks, his sister, who will be recognized in addition to Lloyd.
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  "Just to be linked with a man like Earl Lloyd is just a great privilege for us.

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  Published on: 3/3/2003    Last Visited: 3/1/2007  

  SPRINGFIELD, MA, March 3, 2003 at 1 p.m. EDT- Three instrumental figures in basketball's evolution into the modern era, legendary college coach Forrest Anderson, sporting goods executive Grady Lewis and Earl Lloyd, a pioneer in professional basketball for African-American players, were named today by the Veteran's Screening Committee as finalists for Enshrinement into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA.
  
  The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2003 will be announced on Monday, April 7 at a news conference in New Orleans, LA, prior to the NCAA Men's Finals in the New Orleans Superdome that evening.
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  Anderson, Lewis and Lloyd have previously been finalists.
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  Earl Lloyd, who in 1950 became the first African-American to play in a NBA game with the Washington Capitols, was instrumental in integrating professional basketball as a player and coach.A native of Alexandria, Virginia, Lloyd led West Virginia State to two CIAA Conference and Tournament Championships in 1948 and 1949.He was named All-Conference three times (1948-50) and All-America twice as named by the Pittsburgh Courier (1949-50).As a senior, he averaged 14 points and eight rebounds per game while leading West Virginia State to a second place finish in the CIAA Conference and Tournament Championship.In 1947-48, West Virginia State was the only undefeated team in the United States.
  
  As a player, Lloyd enjoyed a solid NBA career with the Washington Capitols, Syracuse Nationals and Detroit Pistons.During Syracuse's championship season in 1955, Lloyd averaged 10.2 points and 7.7 rebounds per game, becoming the first African-American to win a NBA title.In 1968, Lloyd became the NBA's first African-American assistant coach, joining the staff of the Detroit Pistons.In 1971, he became the second African-American head coach and first African-American bench coach again with Detroit.He coached future Hall of Famers Dave Bing and Bob Lanier.Later, as a scout, he discovered and recommended such talents as Willis Reed, Earl Monroe, Ray Scott and Wally Jones.
  
  Lloyd was named the CIAA "Player of the Decade, 1947-56".He was also named to the All-Time CIAA All-Tournament Team, the CIAA Silver Anniversary Team and the NAIA Golden Anniversary Team.He was voted one of the CIAA's 50 Greatest Players and elected to the CIAA Hall of Fame (1998).

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  Published on: 4/18/2002    Last Visited: 3/1/2007  

  SPRINGFIELD, MASS., April 18, 2002, at 1 p.m. EDT, Three instrumental figures in basketball's evolution into the modern era, legendary college coach Forrest Anderson, sporting goods executive Grady Lewis and Earl Lloyd, a pioneer in professional basketball for African-American players, were named today by the Veteran's Screening Committee as finalists for enshrinement into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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  Lewis and Lloyd have previously been finalists; Anderson is a first-time finalist.
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  Earl Lloyd, who in 1950 became the first African-American to play in an NBA game with the Washington Capitols, was instrumental in integrating professional basketball as a player and coach.A native of Alexandria, Virginia, Lloyd led West Virginia State to two CIAA Conference and Tournament Championships in 1948 and 1949.He was named All-Conference three times (1948-50) and All-America twice as named by the Pittsburgh Courier (1949-50).As a senior, he averaged 14 points and 8 rebounds per game while leading West Virginia State to a second place finish in the CIAA Conference and Tournament Championship.In 1947-48, West Virginia State was the only undefeated team in the United States.
  
  As a player, Lloyd enjoyed a solid NBA career with the Washington Capitols, Syracuse Nationals and Detroit Pistons.During Syracuse's championship season in 1955, Lloyd averaged 10.2 points and 7.7 rebounds per game, becoming the first African-American to win an NBA title.In 1968, Lloyd became the first African-American Assistant Coach with the Detroit Pistons.In 1971, he became the second African-American head coach and first African-American bench coach again with Detroit.He coached future Hall of Famers Dave Bing and Bob Lanier.Later, as a scout, he discovered and recommended such talents as Willis Reed, Earl Monroe, Ray Scott and Wally Jones.
  
  Lloyd has been named the CIAA "Player of the Decade, 1947-56."He was also named to the All-Time CIAA All-Tournament Team, the CIAA Silver Anniversary Team and the NAIA Golden Anniversary Team.He was voted one of the CIAA's 50 Greatest Players and elected to the CIAA Hall of Fame (1998).

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  Sure, there were Hall of Famers from the NFL (Sam Huff) and basketball (Earl Lloyd), one of the most recognizable Olympic champions in history (Mary Lou Retton), a 600-win college basketball coach (Bob Huggins) and perhaps the most enthusiastic college football coach on the planet (Bill Stewart).
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  Sure, there were Hall of Famers from the NFL (Sam Huff) and basketball (Earl Lloyd), one of the most recognizable Olympic champions in history (Mary Lou Retton), a 600-win college basketball coach (Bob Huggins) and perhaps the most enthusiastic college football coach on the planet (Bill Stewart).
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  Lloyd, the former West Virginia State basketball player, was one of two inductees into the West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.
  
  "Somewhere along the line, someone told me that Duquesne wanted to offer me a scholarship,'' Lloyd recalled."My reaction?

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  Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton and NBA pioneer Earl Lloyd are being inducted into the West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.

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  Another, Earl Lloyd, now is coach of the Pistons.

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  Three years after Jackie Robinson crossed the color-line in baseball, little known cager Earl Lloyd, picked in the ninth round of the 1950 NBA draft by the Washington Capitols, became the first black basketball player to play in the newly integrated NBA.
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  Sports Basketball Professional Nba Players - Sports Basketball Professional Nba Players They Cleared the Lane Three years after Jackie Robinson crossed the color-line in baseball, little known cager Earl Lloyd, picked in the ninth round of the 1950 NBA draft by the Washington Capitols, became the first black basketball player to play in the newly integrated NBA.

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