Article 7, Volume 3 October 15, 2013
Interest: Nationwide Sports
2nd Release: May 29, 2016
The month of October is designated as the month to give recognition to the African-American athletes whose play on the fields, in the gyms, rings, tracks and other places had an impact on their individual sport. Plus, society, race relation and goodwill around the world. Selecting the 25 greatest is one of the hardest jobs I have participated in during my journalistic career.
How can you separate one from the other? It was not easy. We really had a whole lot of top flight athletes in the mix.
Tonight I am going to name the first six and later present you with a brief narrative as to why they were chosen.
1. Jack Johnson - Heavyweight Boxing Champion
2. Jessie Owens - Track, Olympic Champion, 1936
3. Joe Louis - Heavyweight Boxing Champion
4. Jackie Robinson - Major League Baseball, Brooklyn Dodgers rookie 1947.
5. Larry Doby - Major League Baseball, Cleveland Indians rookie 1947
6. Althea Gibson -Tennis - First woman of color to win a Grand Slam tournament 1956
7. Tiger Woods - Golf
8. Mohammad Ali - Boxing
9. Serena Williams - Tennis (perhaps top female player of all-time)
10. Carl Lewis - Track and Field- Participated in 4 Olympics ( won 9 gold medals)
11. Michael Jordan - Professional Basketball
12. Jim Brown - Professional Football
( This listing was updated on July 28, 2016) See Article 1, Volume 7, dated 7/30/2016
Copyright 2013. Grady E. Bryant, Sr.
Interest: Nationwide Sports
2nd Release: May 29, 2016
The 25 Greatest Impact African-American Athletes of All-Time
The month of October is designated as the month to give recognition to the African-American athletes whose play on the fields, in the gyms, rings, tracks and other places had an impact on their individual sport. Plus, society, race relation and goodwill around the world. Selecting the 25 greatest is one of the hardest jobs I have participated in during my journalistic career.
How can you separate one from the other? It was not easy. We really had a whole lot of top flight athletes in the mix.
Tonight I am going to name the first six and later present you with a brief narrative as to why they were chosen.
1. Jack Johnson - Heavyweight Boxing Champion
2. Jessie Owens - Track, Olympic Champion, 1936
3. Joe Louis - Heavyweight Boxing Champion
4. Jackie Robinson - Major League Baseball, Brooklyn Dodgers rookie 1947.
5. Larry Doby - Major League Baseball, Cleveland Indians rookie 1947
6. Althea Gibson -Tennis - First woman of color to win a Grand Slam tournament 1956
7. Tiger Woods - Golf
8. Mohammad Ali - Boxing
9. Serena Williams - Tennis (perhaps top female player of all-time)
10. Carl Lewis - Track and Field- Participated in 4 Olympics ( won 9 gold medals)
11. Michael Jordan - Professional Basketball
12. Jim Brown - Professional Football
( This listing was updated on July 28, 2016) See Article 1, Volume 7, dated 7/30/2016
Copyright 2013. Grady E. Bryant, Sr.
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