Art Dorrington
Ice hockey player, Person
1930 –
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Who is Art Dorrington?
Art Dorrington was a black professional ice hockey center.
Dorrington became the first black hockey player to sign an NHL contract when he joined the New York Rangers organization in 1950. Despite putting up very good statistics in the minor leagues, he was never able to make it to the professional ranks. Dorrington played for the Atlantic City Seagulls of the Eastern Hockey League. In the late 1990s he created the Art Dorrington Ice Hockey Foundation, a program that teaches hockey to children from low-income families in Atlantic City.
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- Born
- Mar 13, 1930
Truro - Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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