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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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame. Tatum's number 50 is retired by the ...
Pope Francis has been made an honorary member of the Harlem Globetrotters. To commemorate the occasion, the team gave him a framed jersey, which has 'Pope Francis' and the number 90 stitched on ...
Harlem Globetrotters Team Captain Legacy Award 1996; Mr. Globetrotter Award 1998, 1999; Loras College Jersey Number Retirement 1999 [2] Ambassador Award 1999; Peoria High Sports Hall of Fame 2004; Peoria Area Sports Hall of Fame 2007; Peoria African American Hall of Fame 2007 [3] Spoon River College Sports Hall of Fame 2010; Loras College ...