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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 ...
The National Basketball Retired Players Association is a charitable 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is supported by the NBA and National Basketball Players Association (NBPA). [3] [4] The NBRPA seeks to assist former NBA, WNBA, ABA and Harlem Globetrotters players with their transition away from their careers as professional athletes ...
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 ...
Our weekly spin through The Journal News archives revisits the Harlem Globetrotters' annual visit to the Westchester County Center in 1979.
Four years after the all-white National Basketball Association (originally called the Basketball Association of America) was formed, black players were finally allowed into the league. As the integrated NBA became recognized as the country's highest level of basketball, Saperstein focused the Globetrotters on entertainment, creating a popular ...
Following his college career, Sauldsberry was part of the Harlem Globetrotters for two years. [1] In 1957 he was drafted by the Philadelphia Warriors in the eight round with the 60th overall pick. After his first season, he was named the league's Rookie of the Year — the second African American ever to win the award and becoming the lowest ...
The famous Harlem Globetrotters will make Peoria a stop on their 2025 World Tour.
David Nash is a retired professional American basketball player who is most known for his time with the Harlem Globetrotters. Nash finished his collegiate career with the Kansas Jayhawks in 1968 and was drafted in the 4th round of the 1969 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls. [1] Due to his length and 6'11" height, he was a natural for the center ...