angela james was the first black hockey player in the nhl.
angela james was the first black hockey player in the nhl.
who was the first black hockey player in the nhl?
angela james
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jackie robinson, the first black player in the modern era of major league baseball, had his number 42 retired league-wide in 1997. however, players who were wearing the number at the time were permitted to retain it for the duration of their careers; mariano rivera was the last remaining player to wear the number, and he retired at the end of the . the only other exception to this retirement is on april 15, the anniversary of robinson's mlb debut, when all uniformed personnel (players, managers, coaches, umpires) wear 42. wayne gretzky's number 99 was likewise retired league-wide by the national hockey league at the 2000 nhl all-star game. as recently as the late spring of 2016, this same status has also been proposed for willie o'ree's player number 22 within the national hockey league by at least one player, former san jose sharks forward joel ward, of barbadian canadian descent; as o'ree was the first black hockey player in the nhl, commencing play with the boston bruins on january 18, 1958.
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