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Art Dorrington was the first black professional hockey player in the United States. He was called the "Jackie Robinson of hockey" on a trading card.[1]
Art was born 1930 in Truro, Colchester county, Nova Scotia, Canada. Art was signed by the New York Rangers hockey organization in 1950, and played with various minor league teams but was never called up to the Rangers. His career was interrupted in 1956 due to his being drafted into the Army, where he served for 22 months. After a brief return to hockey, a broken leg ended his career. After retiring from hockey, Dorrington joined the Atlantic County Sheriff's Department.
Art was also the softball commissioner in Atlantic City for 32 years and an umpire for 34 years. He created the Art Dorrington Ice Hockey Foundation with his wife, Dorothie, in 1998 to teach life skills through hockey. The program was supported by the National Hockey League's "Hockey is for Everyone" initiative in the early 1990s. In 2012, Boardwalk Hall's ice hockey rink was named after him.
He passed away in 2017 in Atlantic City, New Jersey and was buried in Atlantic City Cemetery in Pleasantville, New Jersey. He was survived by one daughter.
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