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List of African American sportspeople

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This is a list of notable African American sportspeople. For other African Americans, see Lists of African Americans.

Administrators, executives, and businesspeople

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Baseball

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Satchel Paige
Jackie Robinson
Roy Campanella
Larry Doby
Hank Aaron
Willie Mays
Ernie Banks
Bob Gibson
Lou Brock
Willie McCovey
Joe Morgan
Frank Robinson
Curt Flood
Barry Bonds
Ken Griffey Jr.
Derek Jeter
Aaron Judge
Giancarlo Stanton

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Elgin Baylor
Charles Barkley
Kobe Bryant
Wilt Chamberlain
Stephen Curry
Kevin Durant
Julius Erving
Kevin Garnett
K. C. Jones
Sam Jones
Magic Johnson
Michael Jordan
LeBron James
Karl Malone
Shaquille O'Neal
David Robinson
Oscar Robertson
Bill Russell
Dwyane Wade
Wes Unseld
Moses Malone
Robert Parish
Nate Thurmond

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  • Wes Unseld - retired professional basketball player

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  • Trae Young (African-American father) - professional basketball player

Boxing

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Muhammad Ali
Joe Frazier
George Foreman
Larry Holmes
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Ken Norton
Floyd Patterson
Sugar Ray Robinson
Earnie Shavers
Mike Tyson

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Fencing

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Football

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Jim Brown
Colin Kaepernick
Cam Newton
Jerry Rice
Deion Sanders
O. J. Simpson
Bubba Smith
Herschel Walker
Russell Wilson

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Golf

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Tiger Woods

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Hockey

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Dustin Byfuglien
Kyle Okposo

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Tennis

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Arthur Ashe
Althea Gibson
Serena Williams
Venus Williams

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Otis Davis
Harrison Dillard
Charles Greene
Jim Hines
Michael Johnson
Florence Griffith Joyner
Vincent Matthews
Ralph Metcalfe
Jesse Owens
Wilma Rudolph
Tommie Smith
Eddie Tolan

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Wrestling

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Motorsport

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Soccer

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See also

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References

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