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{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image_size =
| caption = White, circa 1970
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right wing]]/[[Centre (ice hockey)|Centre]]
| played_for = [[New York Golden Blades|New York Raiders]]<br /> [[Los Angeles Sharks]]<br />[[Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades]]
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 9
| weight_lb = 175
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|5|31|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Amherst, Nova Scotia|Amherst]], [[Nova Scotia]], Canada
| death_date =
| death_place =
| career_start = 1965
| career_end = 1975
}}
'''Alton White''' (born May 31, 1945) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] former professional [[ice hockey]] player. He played three seasons in the [[World Hockey Association]] with the [[New York Golden Blades|New York Raiders]], [[Los Angeles Sharks]], and the [[Michigan Stags|Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/w/whiteal01.html|title = Alton White's player profile |publisher = Hockey Reference.com| access-date =2010-08-10}}</ref>
Born in [[Amherst, Nova Scotia|Amherst]], [[Nova Scotia]], White is best known for being the second player of [[Black people|African descent]], after [[Willie O'Ree]], to have played on a [[Professional ice hockey|professional]] major league ice hockey team<ref name=ebony>{{Citation| title = Rink Rookie Makes Hockey History| journal = Ebony| pages = 64–68|date=April 1973| publisher = Johnson Publishing Company| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=XtcDAAAAMBAJ&q=alton+white+hockey&pg=PA64 }}</ref> and for being the first hockey player of African descent to score 20 goals in a single season for a major league team. He scored 21 goals and 21 assists for the Los Angeles Sharks during the 1972-73 season. During the same 1972-73 season, he became the first black player in history to score a [[hat-trick]] in a major league professional game, doing so against the [[Chicago Cougars]].<ref name=ebony/>
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==▼
* {{icehockeystats}}
▲==External links==
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[[Category:1945 births]]
[[Category:Baltimore Blades players]]
[[Category:Black Canadian ice hockey players]]
[[Category:Canadian ice hockey forwards]]
[[Category:Greensboro Generals (SHL) players]]
[[Category:Ice hockey people from Nova Scotia]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Los Angeles Sharks players]]
[[Category:Michigan Stags players]]
[[Category:New York Raiders players]]
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[[Category:People from Amherst, Nova Scotia]]
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