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Blakfacts: Volume 2.1[edit]

Ohio's Black Athletes[edit]

A PROFESSOR, A POET, A PROMOTER
Shirla R. McClain
Rita Dove
Don King (boxing promoter)
BASEBALL
Moses Fleetwood Walker
Weldy Walker
Satchel Paige
Luke Easter (baseball)
Quincy Trouppe
Larry Doby
Harry Simpson
Sandy Alomar Jr.
Edwin Encarnación
Carlos Santana (baseball)
Erik González
José Ramírez (infielder)
AJ Andrews
Francisco Lindor
Francisco Mejía
BASKETBALL
Oscar Robertson
Gus Johnson (basketball)
Nate Thurmond
Bill Turner (basketball)
Austin Carr
Bingo Smith
Linda Hill-MacDonald
Lynette Woodard
Carla Chapman
Dell Curry
Michelle Edwards (basketball)
Brad Daugherty (basketball)
Jerome Lane
Shaquille O'Neal
LaToya Thomas
LeBron James
Kyrie Irving
Stephen Curry
FOOTBALL
Frederick Patterson
Charles Follis
Doc Baker
Fritz Pollard
Paul Robeson
Jack Trice
Marion Motley
Bill Willis
Paul Warfield
Jim Brown
Jim Parker (American football)
Don Clark (Canadian football)
Ernie Davis
Abdul Salaam (American football)
Mike Pruitt
Archie Griffin
Jay Brophy
Ickey Woods
Ricky Powers
Dante Booker
James Harrison (American football)
Antonio Gates
George Whitfield Jr.
Josh Cribbs
Usama Young
Beanie Wells
Barkevious Mingo
Cardale Jones
Cleveland Fusion
Cincinnati Sizzle
Columbus Comets
Toledo Crush
GOLF
Bill Powell (golf course owner)
Charlie Sifford
Renee Powell
GYMNASTICS
Gabby Douglas
Simone Biles
HOCKEY
Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre
Blake Bolden
Seth Jones
MARTIAL ARTS
Gorilla Jones
Ezzard Charles
Wilbert McClure
Ronnie Harris (American boxer, born 1948)
Michael Dokes
Buster Douglas
Michael Tarver
Shawn Porter
RODEO
Billy Ray Thunder
James Pickens Jr.
SOCCER
Teal Bunbury
Kofi Sarkodie
TENNIS
Leslie Allen (tennis)
Camille Benjamin
TRACK & FIELD
Jesse Owens
Harrison Dillard
Gerald Tinker
Thomas Jefferson (athlete)
Butch Reynolds
Danniel Thomas