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The Harlem Globetrotters are an American exhibition basketball team. They combine athleticism, theater, entertainment, and comedy in their style of play. Over the years, they have played more than 26,000 exhibition games in 124 countries and territories, mostly against deliberately ineffective opponents, such as the Washington Generals (1953–1995, since 2015) and the New York Nationals (1995 ...
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Reece "Goose" Tatum [1] (May 31, 1921 – January 18, 1967) was an American Negro league baseball and basketball player. In 1942, he was signed to the Harlem Globetrotters and had an 11-year career with the team. He later formed his own team known as the Harlem Magicians with former Globetrotters player Marques Haynes.
The USA team won all seven games to take the gold medal. The USA team played and beat Cuba twice, the team that had defeated them at the Pan Am games. Woodard averaged 14.1 points per game. [14] Woodard was selected to be a member of the team representing the US at the 1980 Olympics, but the team did not go, due to the 1980 Olympic boycott. The ...
The National Basketball Retired Players Association (NBRPA) is a non-profit association composed of former professional basketball players of the NBA, ABA, Harlem Globetrotters, and WNBA. [1] It was founded in 1992 by NBA Hall of Famers Dave DeBusschere, Dave Bing, Dave Cowens, Oscar Robertson and former NBA point guard Archie Clark.
Robert "Showboat" Hall (September 30, 1927 – December 24, 2014) was an American basketball player and member of the Harlem Globetrotters. He attended and played basketball at the former Miller High School in Detroit. He joined the Globetrotters in 1949, and in 1955 succeeded Reece "Goose" Tatum as the team's primary showman. In 1968 he became ...
Washington was part of the first Harlem Globetrotters team to travel around the world. [4] Washington was a member of the Harlem Globetrotters from 1946 to 1960. [4] [5] After his basketball career, he joined Pepsi-Cola, working in advertising, then sales, and rising to the position of community relations manager. [6]
Meadowlark Lemon (born Meadow Lemon III; [1] April 25, 1932 – December 27, 2015), [2] was an American basketball player, actor, and Christian minister.For 22 years, he was known as the "Clown Prince" of the touring Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. [3]