page_title: Earl Lloyd
hierarchical_section_title: Earl Lloyd
caption_attribution_description: English: Major General Walter E. Gaskin, left, greets with basketball hall of famer, Earl "The Pearl" Lloyd during the CIAA Hall of Fame brunch, March 3, 2006. Lloyd was the first African-American to play in an NBA game.
context_page_description: Earl Francis Lloyd was an American professional basketball player and coach. He was the first African American player to have played a game in the National Basketball Association. An All-American player at West Virginia State University, Lloyd helped lead the Syracuse Nationals to the NBA Championship in 1955. Lloyd was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003.
context_section_description: Earl Francis Lloyd (April 3, 1928 – February 26, 2015) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He was the first African American player to have played a game in the National Basketball Association (NBA). An All-American player at West Virginia State University, Lloyd helped lead the Syracuse Nationals to the NBA Championship in 1955. Lloyd was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003.
caption: Lloyd, (right) shakes hands with Walter E. Gaskin in January 2006
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