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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 ...
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.
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]
First African American player to sign an NBA contract who caught on with a team; one-time NBA All-Star (1957); also played with two Hall of Fame teams in the New York Renaissance and Harlem Globetrotters; 1978 inductee in the Black Athletes Hall of Fame [74] 2014: David Stern
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 2025 Globetrotters have 41 players on their roster to choose from, including several premier female players, a 4-foot-5 guard Jahmani "Hot Shot" Swanson (who has a genetic condition, dwarfism ...