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FILE – In this April 1955 file photo, Fort Wayne’s Mel Hutchins (9) and Syracuse’s Earl Lloyd (11) reach for the ball during an NBA basketball game in Indianapolis. Lloyd, the first black player in NBA history was born on this day in 1928. (AP Photo/File)Earl Lloyd of the Washington Capitols became the first African-American to play in an NBA game.
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