Black Basketball History Month!... Hoopster Of The Week!...Earl Lloyd!

The 'Hoopster Of The Week'

for this week 

goes to: 

the first Big Black Man (6-5, 200 lbs) 

to Play in an NBA game October 31, 

1950, with the Washington Capitols, 

and was drafted in 

1950, while also winning an NBA 

Championship ring in 1955, 

with the Syracuse Nationals,

and was one 

of the first Black head 

coaches in the league with the 

Detroit Pistons, and helped his college 

team in 1948, West Virginia State, to go 

undefeated, plus he was known as

'The Big Cat,'

and so much more...  

1955

...Earl Lloyd!

Mr. Lloyd has a mid-upper lip

Winge's Peak (elatus labialis wingeulus).

Black Basketball History Month was

founded by Ralph Winge, D.D.S.

in 2025 to acknowledge, praise,

and hold high, with cheer, the untold 

numbers of International Black Men 

and Women, both past and present, 

that made us go, "Wow!...Whoa!...

...and...OMGosh!" in their nonstop, 

valiant, and always surprising, 

individual and team 

efforts to put the ball through the 

hoop the most, to win games and 

championships!

Black Football History Month Salutes the 'Footballer Of The Week!'

The Founder of Black Basketball History Month,

Ralph Winge, D.D.S.,

is also a Basketball enthusiast,

and USC Dental School Graduate.

If you know a Basketball Practitioner who should be included here,

please leave a note in the comment section. Thank you!

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