Pioneering tennis player Althea Gibson followed in the footsteps of boxer Joe Louis when she became the first black woman to play on the LPGA Tour in the U.S. in 1964. Louis was the first black man to play on the PGA Tour 12 years earlier. Gibson won 11 grand slam singles and doubles titles on the court, but her best finish as a golf pro was a tie for second at an LPGA event in Ohio in 1970.
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