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Charles Henry Chuck Cooper (September 29, 1926 â February 5, 1984) 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 second pick of the second round by the Boston Celtics.
He was a captain for the 1949-50 team, which was the first team from that university to be nationally ranked all season, finishing with a 23-6 record and ranked 6th nationally. He was the first African-American to participate in a college basketball game south of the MasonâDixon line.