Shot Right Height 1.75 m Playing career Weight 79 kg | Name Alton White Position Winger, Centerman Role Ice hockey player | |
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Born May 31, 1945 (age 78)
Amherst, NS, CAN ( 1945-05-31 ) Played for New York Golden Blades, Los Angeles Sharks, Michigan Stags | ||
Alton White (born May 31, 1945 in Amherst, Nova Scotia) is a retired professional Canadian ice hockey player. He played three seasons in the World Hockey Association with the New York Raiders, Los Angeles Sharks, and the Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades. White is best known for being the second player of African descent, after Willie O'Ree, to have played on a professional major league ice hockey team and for being the first hockey player of African descent to score 20 goals in a single season for a major league team. He scored 21 goals and 21 assists for the Los Angeles Sharks during the 1972-73 season. During the same 72-73 season, he became the first black player in history to score a Hat-trick, three goals in a game, in a major league professional game.