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September 29, 1926

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Chuck Cooper (basketball)

1926Chuck Cooper, American basketball player (died 1984)[†]

Charles Henry Cooper was an African-American professional basketball player and the first black NBA player.

Pete Elliott

1926Pete Elliott, American football player and coach (died 2013)[†]

Peter R. Elliott was an American football player and coach. Elliott served as the head football coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (1956), the University of California, Berkeley (1957–1959), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1960–1966), and the University of Miami (1973–1974), compiling a career college football record of 56–72–11. From 1979 to 1996, Elliott served as executive director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.