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'''He didn’t enter the draft he was just randomly picked. He was walking down campus when someone told him he was picked in the draft'''[[File:Biden greets Earl Lloyd at White House.jpg|thumb|right|Lloyd meets Vice-President [[Joe Biden]] at the White House.]]

[[File:Earl Lloyd 1950.jpeg|thumb|Lloyd in 1950]]

[[File:Biden greets Earl Lloyd at White House.jpg|thumb|right|Lloyd meets Vice-President [[Joe Biden]] at the White House.]]

'''Earl Francis Lloyd''' (April 3, 1928 – February 26, 2015) was an American professional [[basketball]] player. He was the first [[Black people|black person]] to play in the [[National Basketball Association]], in the [[1950–51 NBA season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/sixers/community/earl_lloyd_050208.html|title=Earl Lloyd: A Basketball Pioneer|last=Ramsey|first=David|work=NBA.com/Sixers|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|date=February 16, 2005|accessdate=September 23, 2009}}</ref> Three other African Americans played in the same season: [[Chuck Cooper (basketball)|Chuck Cooper]], [[Nathaniel Clifton]], and [[Hank DeZonie]].

'''Earl Francis Lloyd''' (April 3, 1928 – February 26, 2015) was an American professional [[basketball]] player. He was the first [[Black people|black person]] to play in the [[National Basketball Association]], in the [[1950–51 NBA season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/sixers/community/earl_lloyd_050208.html|title=Earl Lloyd: A Basketball Pioneer|last=Ramsey|first=David|work=NBA.com/Sixers|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|date=February 16, 2005|accessdate=September 23, 2009}}</ref> Three other African Americans played in the same season: [[Chuck Cooper (basketball)|Chuck Cooper]], [[Nathaniel Clifton]], and [[Hank DeZonie]].

== Earl Lloyd Media ==

== Earl Lloyd Media ==

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File:Earl Lloyd 1950.jpeg|The 1950-51 Washington Capitols "Caps" roster: (clockwise from the top) Dick Schnittker, Frank Kudelka, Ariel Maughan, Alan Sawyer, Tommy O'Keefe, Dick O'Keefe, Chick Halbert, Bill Sharman, Earl Lloyd, Chuck Gilmur, Johnny Norlander, Don Otten and Fred Scolari. Coach Bones McKinney in the center.

File:Earl Lloyd - CIAA HOF Brunch - 1-3-06.jpg|Lloyd (right) shakes hands with [[Walter E. Gaskin]] in January 2006

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