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[[images - six black & white photographs of the Black Athletes Hall of Fame banquet]]

BILL COSBY HOSTS BLACK ATHLETES HALL OF FAME BANQUET

The first annual Black Athletes Hall of Fame Banquet was hosted by the incomparable Bill Cosby at the Hotel Americana, Thursday, March 14, 1974, in New York City. An overflow crowd cheered and applauded as thirty athletes were inducted. Among the most venerable were Hank McDonald, 83, Fritz Pollard, 80, and Historian, Dr. E. B. Henderson checked in at 93 years of the good life.

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