Larry Kwong

Lawrence Kwong was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who was the first player of Chinese descent in the National Hockey League (NHL), playing one shift late in the third period of a 1948 game. He was the NHL's first player who was neither white nor Indigenous North American, debuting ten years before Willie O'Ree. Although denied much playing time in the NHL, Kwong was a top player in senior hockey leagues outside the NHL throughout his entire career and battled the likes of Jean Béliveau for the scoring race in Quebec.