Willie O'Ree

Identifying the athletes who integrated professional sports during a 20-year period

O’Ree was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame for his contributions in growing the game

O’Ree will go in as a builder and join Grant Fuhr as only the second black NHL player to be inducted into the Hall

O’Ree knows the story of the league’s first black player could have gone another way

He didn’t tell the team he was blind in one eye