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Watch: Cooper Adds a Bucket
Date: January 5, 1952
Watch Chuck Cooper add to his total of 10 points as the Celtics blew out the Baltimore Bullets on the road, 94-73. Two years earlier, Cooper made NBA history when he became the first drafted African American player, joining the Celtics in 1950. “Just like the world knows about Jackie Robinson in Major League Baseball, they should also know about Charles ‘Chuck’ Cooper of the National Basketball Association,” said Chuck Cooper III, his son.
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