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1929–2009
Edward Lee Reed (October 12, 1929 – January 25, 2009) was an American Negro league outfielder for the Memphis Red Sox in the 1950s. A native of Straven, Alabama, Reed served in the US Army prior to his professional baseball career. Reed was selected to…
1919–2007
Eddie Gay Robinson Sr. (February 13, 1919 – April 3, 2007) was an American college football and basketball coach. For 56 years, from 1941 to 1942 and again from 1945 to 1997, he was the head coach at Grambling State University, a historically black…
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Eddie Solomon Jr. (February 9, 1951 – January 12, 1986), nicknamed "Buddy J", was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who appeared in 191 games for six teams between 1973 and 1982. Born in Perry, Georgia, Solomon was listed as 6 feet…
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Thomas Edward Tolan (September 29, 1908 – January 30, 1967), nicknamed the "Midnight Express", was an American track and field athlete who competed in sprints. He set world records in the 100-yard dash and 100 meters event and Olympic records in the 100…
1987–
Eddie James Williams (born August 22, 1987) is an American former professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Idaho Vandals, and was selected by the Washington Redskins in the…
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Edward Laquan Williams (born November 1, 1964) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and third baseman.
1993–
Edem Mortotsi (born 16 April 1993) is a Ghanaian football coach and former player who serves as the head fitness coach for Tanzanian club Young Africans.
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Éder Gabriel Militão Pinheiro (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈɛdeʁ miliˈtɐ̃w̃]; born 18 January 1998) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Brazil national team. Militão began his career at São…
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Edgar George Brown (1898–1954) was a civil rights advocate, tennis player, union organizer, and politician in the United States. He was active in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Northwest Washington, D.C., where he was a lobbyist and advocate for low paid…
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Edgar Wooded Wesley (May 2, 1891 – July 12, 1966) was an American Negro league baseball first baseman from 1917 to 1927. He played most of his career with the Detroit Stars of the first Negro National League (NNL). Wesley was born in 1891 in Waco, Texas.…
1935–2020
Edith Wilma Jean Conner (September 5, 1935 – November 28, 2020), known as Edith Connor, was an American bodybuilder who was declared the oldest competitive female bodybuilder by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2012, when she was 77, breaking the…
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Edna Mae Robinson (September 4, 1915 – May 2, 2002) was an American dancer, actress, and activist. She was a dancer at the Cotton Club and toured Europe with Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway. She later became a public figure when she married the boxer Sugar…
1966–
Edrick Bertholan Floréal (born October 5, 1966) is a track and field coach for the Texas Longhorns men's track and field and women's track and field program and retired long and triple jumper from Canada.
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Edson Michael Buddle (born May 21, 1981) is an American former professional soccer player who is currently the head coach of USL League Two side Westchester Flames. He is one of only 13 players to have scored 100 goals in Major League Soccer history. A…
1997–
Eduvie Marho Ikoba (born October 26, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Zemun in the Serbian SuperLiga.
?–1966
Edward James "Ox" Clemons (c. 1903 – February 27, 1966) was an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Florida from 1929 to 1931 and again in 1965, Rust College in Holly Springs,…
Biography
Edward Dudley Brown (c. 1850 – May 11, 1906) was an American who, although born as a slave, rose to become a Belmont Stakes-winning jockey, a Kentucky Derby-winning horse trainer, and an owner of several of the top racehorses during the last decade of the…
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Edward Haygood Adams (August 17, 1910 – October 22, 1958) was an American football and basketball coach.
Biography
Edward L. Jackson (c. 1906 – January 19, 1984) was an American college football and college basketball coach and administrator for several historically black colleges and universities in the Eastern United States. He served as the head football coach at…
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Edward Lewis was a photographer and filmmaker who documented prominent African Americans and their activities in his documentary film series. He worked as a photographer for the Daily News before becoming a filmmaker. He made 12 documentary shorts for…
1925–2002
Edward Alfred Martin Sr. (June 18, 1925 – February 25, 2002) was an American college basketball coach and Negro league baseball player.
1894–1961
George Edward Morrison (October 11, 1894 – February 15, 1961) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Howard University in Washington, D.C. from 1920 to 1922 and again in 1924, and Lincoln University in…
1900–1989
Edward Paulette Hurt (February 12, 1900 – March 24, 1989) was an American football, basketball, and track coach. He served the head football coach at Virginia Theological Seminary and College—now known as Virginia University of Lynchburg—in Lynchburg,…
1872–1946
Edward Walton Pearson, Sr. (January 25, 1872 – July 4, 1946) was an African-American entrepreneur, Buffalo Soldier and Spanish–American War veteran, civil rights leader and pioneering sports enthusiast. He moved to Asheville, North Carolina, in 1906, where…
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