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Marques Haynes (March 10, 1926 – May 22, 2015) was an American professional basketball player and member of the Harlem Globetrotters, notable for his ability to dribble the ball and keep it away from defenders. According to the 1988 film Harlem Globetrotters: Six Decades of Magic, [1] Haynes could dribble the ball as many as 348 times a ...
Keith MarQuez Haynes [1] [2] (born December 19, 1986) is an American-Georgian professional basketball player for Paris Basketball of the LNB Pro B. Haynes is a naturalized citizen of Georgia , and he played with the senior men's Georgian national team at EuroBasket 2011 .
The full name of the barnstorming basketball team was the Fabulous Harlem Magicians with the main star attraction of the team being Marques Haynes. Haynes had been a member of the Globetrotters, but had left the team due to a contract dispute to join the Magicians.
(Adapted from columns published Feb. 8 and Feb. 13, 2003.) Bud Kennedy loved basketball. Not me. My father. On a February night in 1970, he stood in line a half-hour at Texas Christian University ...
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 ...
Tatum and Marques Haynes, who were both Harlem Globetrotters players, formed a barnstorming basketball team of their own: The Fabulous Harlem Magicians. Dempsey Hovland, owner of 20th Century Booking Agency, was recruited to book the Harlem Magicians' games. Hovland earlier had managed the barnstorming House of David basketball team.
A former pro wrestler has been accused of shooting and killing his wife in Portland, Oregon, police said.. William Albert Haynes Jr., 70, is in police custody at a hospital where he is being ...
The Globetrotters starting lineup, a combination of the best players from Saperstein's East and West units, featured Reece "Goose" Tatum, Marques Haynes, Ermer Robinson, Wilbert King, and Louis "Babe" Pressley. [7] The Minneapolis Lakers circa 1950. During the first half, Laker fans had reason to gloat. Their team quickly jumped to a 9–2 lead.