Integration of All Professional Sports

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Across
  1. 3. 1st African-American player to play in an NBA game
  2. 5. 1st African-American head coach in the "modern" NFL (1989)
  3. 7. 1st African-American player drafted by an NBA team
  4. 11. NFL team that integrated in 1946 due to public pressure about their stadium lease
  5. 12. 1st African-American coach in the NBA
  6. 13. Nickname give to the four players who integrated the NFL in 1946
  7. 14. NFL team that Bill Willis & Marion Motley integrated in 1946
Down
  1. 1. Played in the NFL in 1920
  2. 2. Charlie Sifford earned this in 1961
  3. 4. Last of the 4 major professional sports leagues to have an African-American head coach
  4. 6. 1st African-American player to sign an NBA contract (nickname)
  5. 8. MLB team that had two African-American players join the team in July of 1947
  6. 9. Integrated tennis in 1950 at the U.S. National Championships
  7. 10. NBA team that was first to draft an African-American player in 1950
  8. 12. First NHL team to integrate in 1958