Position: | Right wing/Centre |
Played For: | New York Raiders Los Angeles Sharks Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades |
Shoots: | Right |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 9 |
Weight Lb: | 175 |
Birth Date: | May 31, 1945 |
Birth Place: | Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Career Start: | 1965 |
Career End: | 1975 |
Alton White (born May 31, 1945) is a Canadian former professional 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.[1]
Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, 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 1972-73 season, he became the first black player in history to score a hat-trick in a major league professional game, doing so against the Chicago Cougars.