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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 ...
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.
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 ...
Jackson was selected number 41 in the 1962 NBA draft, but was personally recruited by Abe Saperstein, owner of the Harlem Globetrotters, to play for his team. He played with the Globetrotters for 20 years with Marques Haynes , Meadowlark Lemon , and Fred "Curly" Neal .
The show team members featured fictionalized versions of historical Globetrotters Meadowlark Lemon, Freddie "Curly" Neal, Hubert "Geese" Ausbie, J.C. "Gip" Gipson, Bobby Joe Mason, and Paul "Pablo" Robertson, all in animated form, alongside their fictional bus driver and manager Granny and their dog mascot Dribbles.
Harlem Globetrotters players (172 P) W. Washington Generals (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Harlem Globetrotters" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 ...
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]
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 ...