sentences:  Bill Lucas (baseball)
  
  William DeVaughn Lucas (January 25, 1936 – May 5, 1979) was the first African-American general manager in Major League Baseball as front-office boss of the Atlanta Braves from mid-September 1976 until his death in early May 1979.A member of the Braves' organization for 23 years, he was inducted into the Braves Hall of Fame in 2006.