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Pages in category "Harlem Globetrotters players" The following 172 pages are in this category, out of 172 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Marques Haynes and Reece "Goose" Tatum were two of the most famous players of the Harlem Globetrotters. Five other players who made their greatest contributions with other teams—Sonny Boswell, Wilt Chamberlain, Connie Hawkins, Inman "Big Jack" Jackson, Albert "Runt" Pullins, and Lynette Woodard—were members of the Globetrotters at some ...
Owner of the Harlem Globetrotters. Saperstein's Globetrotters played before 55 million fans in 87 countries; the Globetrotters were part of the first basketball sellout ever at Madison Square Garden; led the Globetrotters to the World Professional Title (1940); won the International Cup with the Globetrotters (1943–44) [32] 1972
Our weekly spin through The Journal News archives revisits the Harlem Globetrotters' annual visit to the Westchester County Center in 1979.
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 ...
Paul "Pablo" Robertson (1944–1990) was an American professional basketball player and member of the Harlem Globetrotters.At college, Robertson played on the 1962–63 Loyola University Chicago squad that won the NCAA tournament, although Robertson was dropped in the middle of the season due to poor grades.
Jackson was one of the first streetball legends in the Rucker Playground Basketball Tournaments in New York City in the early 1960s. He went on to a 20-year career with the Harlem Globetrotters, earning his nickname by allegedly snatching a quarter from the top of a basketball backboard on a bet. [1]
In 1994, he received a Globetrotters Legends ring, [4] a recognition given to only a few elite former players. The next year, he became head coach and manager of operations for the Globetrotters. [6] His jersey number 35 was retired by the Globetrotters on January 31, 2017, during the Globetrotters' game at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock ...