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Robinson was a member of the Harlem Globetrotters. [4] Robinson shot the game winning basket when the Globetrotters beat the Lakers. [5] Robinson was Head Coach of the Oakland Oaks and the general manager for the Chicago Majors, both of the American Basketball League. [6] He was a coach for Oakland in 1962. [7]
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 ...
Johnson was discovered by Globetrotters' general manager, Joe Anzivino, and invited to training camp in Los Angeles in fall 1988. He became the marquee dribbler and held that position for 18 consecutive seasons, from 1988 to 2007, playing 4210 games.
Our weekly spin through The Journal News archives revisits the Harlem Globetrotters' annual visit to the Westchester County Center in 1979.
After a high school career at Ravenswood High School in East Palo Alto, California, [1] he played for University of Nebraska and later with the Harlem Globetrotters from 1967 to 1983. Branch was drafted by the ABA's Oakland Oaks in 1967, and offered a contract by the NBA's San Diego Rockets in the same year.
As the Harlem Globetrotters nears its centennial anniversary, the trick-shot exhibition team is revving up for all-new bilingual TV programming. In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month ...
He turned a down an offer of a tryout by the Harlem Globetrotters. Baseball career ... (1952–53 and 1955–57) and two for the Oakland Raiders (1960–61).
This is a list of fictional sports teams, athletic groups that have been identified by name in works of fiction but do not really exist as such.Teams have been organized by the sport they participate in, followed by the media product they appear in. Specific television episodes are noted when available.