BLACK SPORTS HISTORY

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Across
  1. 1. _____ Fowler is the first known black professional baseball player.
  2. 5. Simone _____ is widely considered one of the greatest gymnasts of all time.
  3. 7. Kim Crabbe was the first black woman to play for the US National Team in this sport.
  4. 8. Sheryl _____ was the first person signed in the WNBA.
  5. 9. This black tennis great has a boulevard named for him in Richmond. (one word)
  6. 10. Wendell _____ was the first black NASCAR driver.
  7. 11. Ella _____ was the first black person to play the Super Bowl Halftime Show, at Super Bowl VI.
Down
  1. 1. Charles Follis, nicknamed "The _______", was the first black man to play professional football. (one word)
  2. 2. Robert L. _____ is the first black person to own majority share of a professional sports team.
  3. 3. Jerome Kersey was the first person to be drafted to this league directly out of Longwood.
  4. 4. In 1985, Lynette Woodard became the first woman to play for the Harlem _____.
  5. 6. George Poage became the first black man to win an Olympic ____ in 1904.
  6. 8. Grant Fuhr was the first black NHLer to win this trophy. (one word)