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Willie O'Ree First Black player in the National Hockey League Special thanks to AP Community member Amoni for telling us about him! Willie O'Ree was born on October 15, 1935 in Fredericton, New Brunswick in Canada. He began playing ice hockey as a child in Canada and was playing in a local league by the time he was 5 years old. "That was the thing to do in the winter," he says. "Everything free…