#14 – Arthur Ashe
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According to many, the most successful tennis player of the last half-century, Ashe had an amazing career, at the same time also being one of the most up-and-coming black athletes. With three Grand Slam singles won, he was rewarded by being included in the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1985. Ashe caught the HIV virus after a blood transfusion gone awry. He would admit to his disease only in 1992, a year before he finally passed away. Shortly before his death, he founded the Arthur Ashe Foundation for the Defeat of AIDS.
