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Earnie Dee Shaver (August 31, 1944 – September 1, 2022), best known as Earnie Shavers, was an American professional boxer who competed between 1969 and 1995. A two-time world heavyweight championship challenger, he is most famous as one of the hardest…
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Earnest Lee Stewart Jr., better known as Earnie Stewart (born March 28, 1969) is a former professional soccer player who played as a forward or midfielder. Born in the Netherlands, he represented the United States national team. His career spanned 17 years…
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Easther Kellsy Philomene Mayi Kith (born 28 March 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for WE League club Urawa Red Diamonds. Born in Canada to Cameroonian parents, she plays for Cameroon women's national team.
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Eberechi Oluchi "Ebere" Eze ( ə-BAIR-ə-tchee EZ-ə ; born 29 June 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Arsenal and the England national team. A product of several English academies, Eze…
1988–
Eboni Usoro-Brown (née Beckford-Chambers; born 4 February 1988) is an English former netball player who played for England and Team Bath as a defender. She was part of the England team which won a historic gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
1994–
Ebony Drysdale Daley (born 21 January 1995) is a British-born Jamaican judoka who competes in the women's 70 kg class. She was the first judoka from Jamaica to qualify for the Summer Olympic Games.
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Ebony-Jewel Cora-Lee Camellia Rosamond Rainford-Brent (born 31 December 1983) is an English former cricketer who is now a commentator, Chair of the African-Caribbean Engagement (ACE) programme, and Non-Executive Director at The England and Wales Cricket…
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Ebony Salmon (born 27 January 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club West Ham United. Salmon has captained England's under-17s and under-23s, and made her senior international debut for the England…
June 1948
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe June 1948 issue of Ebony magazine featuring a cover story written by Jackie Robinson. The cover features a large color portrait of Robinson's face as he looks directly at the viewer. He wears a white t-shirt and a navy baseball cap with green under the…
September 1949
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn issue of Ebony Magazine from September 1949. On the cover, Sugar Ray Robinson strikes a boxing pose while his second wife, Edna Mae Holly, looks on. Inside, the third of six campus ads with high-achieving African American students. Featured is Elizabeth…
October 1949
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn issue of Ebony Magazine from October 1949. The cover features Lena Horne and Duke Ellington against an orange background. Ellington, in a grey suit, embraces Horne, who wears a burgundy dress with white polka dots. Overlapping with the portrait at…
August 1963
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn Ebony magazine, August 1963, featuring the cover article, “The King Cole Twins,” Vol. XVIII No. 10. The front cover features a color photograph of Nat King Cole, his wife Maria Cole and his twin daughters, Casey and Timolin Cole standing in front of…
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Ebrima "Ebou" Adams (born 15 January 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for EFL Championship club Portsmouth. Born in England, he plays for the Gambia national team. He began his career at Conference National club…
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Edward Yaw Okyere Asafu-Adjaye (born 22 December 1988) is an English footballer who plays for Southern League Division One Central side Royston Town, where he plays as a defender.
Born 1864
Ed Binney (April 19, 1864 – unknown) was an African American boxer who was the colored middleweight champion of the World in the 1890s. Born Edward Phinney in Washington, D.C., the 5-foot-9-inch (175 cm) middleweight fought out of Boston and Cambridge,…
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Edward Bolden (January 17, 1881 – September 27, 1950) was an American professional baseball executive and owner in the Negro leagues.
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Edwin Douglas Charles (April 29, 1933 – March 15, 2018) was an American professional baseball third baseman in Major League Baseball.
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Edward Anthony Cooley (born September 10, 1969) is an American college basketball coach and currently the head coach of the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball program. Cooley held the same position at Providence College from 2011 to 2023, and Fairfield…
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Edward Lansing Gordon III (born August 17, 1960) is an American television journalist known for his association with BET over four different decades. A native of Detroit, Ed Gordon is the son of an Olympic athlete also named Ed Gordon. The younger Gordon…
Biography
Edward E. "Ed" Hightower is an American educator and former college basketball referee. Hightower has refereed 12 NCAA Division I Final Fours. He also officiated the 1990 World Championship of Basketball in South America, the European Basketball…
2002–
Edward Vernell Howard IV (born January 28, 2002) is an American professional baseball shortstop who is a free agent. Howard was selected 16th overall by the Chicago Cubs in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.
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Edward "Denver Ed" Martin (September 10, 1881, or 1877 – May 11, 1937) was an American boxer who was the World Colored Heavyweight Champion from February 24, 1902, when he beat Frank Childs, until February 5, 1903, when he lost his title to Jack Johnson,…
1963–
Edward Lewis Pinckney (born March 27, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played twelve seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
1990–
Edward Lee Ruth (born October 21, 1990) is an American former professional mixed martial artist and freestyle and folkstyle wrestler. He competed in the Middleweight division of Bellator MMA. As a folkstyle wrestler, he was a three-time NCAA Division I…
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