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Bill Riley, NHL's Third Black Pioneer, Dies at 75
Bill Riley, the gritty winger who cracked the NHL as its third Black player back in 1974 with the expansion Capitals, passes away at 75 after a career that broke barriers most fans never fully appreciated. Guys like me who hung around those early Caps locker rooms remember Riley not just for the history books, but for posting the franchise's first positive plus-minus in '76-77 while grinding through 139 games with Washington and a Jets stint.
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