Lapchick and Sweetwater: Breaking Barriers

Labels: Basketball, History, Special

When New York Knicks head coach Joe Lapchick signed Nat Sweetwater Clifton to an NBA contract in 1950, it helped break the color barrier in the NBA, making Clifton the first black player to play for the Knicks.




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