Alton White
05/30/23 • 22 min
Alton White was born in 1945 in AMherst Nova Scotia. He played three seasons in the NHLs short lived rival league, the World Hockey Association. He is best known for being the second player of African descent to have played on a professional major league ice hockey team. He was also the first player of African descent to score 20 goals in a single season and the first black player in history to score a hat-trick in a major league professional game.
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Alton White was born in 1945 in AMherst Nova Scotia. He played three seasons in the NHLs short lived rival league, the World Hockey Association. He is best known for being the second player of African descent to have played on a professional major league ice hockey team. He was also the first player of African descent to score 20 goals in a single season and the first black player in history to score a hat-trick in a major league professional game.
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My Hockey Hero is proudly supported by eBay Canada. Start your own collection at ebay.ca/hockeycards
To learn more on how you can help make hockey accessible to all, check out hockeyequality.org
The see the Black Hockey card collection and learn more go to www.blackhockeycards.com
Want to here more? The extended interview can be found at Recognize: Black Heroes of the NHL
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Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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