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Early basketball teams were often called "fives” in reference to the five starting players. All-black teams were known as colored quints, colored fives, Negro fives, or black fives. [3] Dozens of all-black teams emerged during the Black Fives Era, in New York City, Washington, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and other cities.
Cumberland Willis "Cum" Posey Jr. (June 20, 1890 – March 28, 1946) was an American baseball player, manager, and team owner in the Negro leagues, as well as a professional basketball player and team owner.
Everett Marcell (September 1, 1916 – October 10, 1990), nicknamed "Ziggy", was an American Negro league catcher and Harlem Globetrotters basketball player in the 1930s and 1940s. A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Marcell attended Southern University, [1] and was the son of fellow Negro leaguer Oliver Marcell. [2]
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The history of the Negro leagues extends through both World Wars, the second of which inspired the Double Victory campaign: “victory abroad and victory at home.” As the movement initially ...
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 Negro American League, founded in 1937 and including several of the same teams that played in the original Negro National League, would eventually carry on as the western circuit of black baseball. A second Negro National League was organized in 1933, but eventually became concentrated on the east coast.
Negro League legends are now listed alongside their American and National League counterparts in Baseball-Reference.com's stats.