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Harlem Globetrotters. (TV series) Harlem Globetrotters is a Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera and CBS Productions, featuring animated versions of players from the basketball team of the same name. [1] Broadcast from September 12, 1970, to October 16, 1971, on CBS Saturday Morning, repeated from September 10, 1972, to May 20 ...
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 ...
College. Anderson College. Career history. 1949–1954. Harlem Globetrotters. John E. Wilson (1927 – January 11, 2019), popularly known as Jumpin' Johnny Wilson, was an American basketball and baseball player. He gained his nickname for being the only player on his high school team able to dunk the basketball. [1]
Nat Clifton. Nathaniel " Sweetwater " Clifton (born Clifton Nathaniel; [1] October 13, 1922 – August 31, 1990) was an American professional basketball and baseball player. [2] He is best known as one of the first African Americans to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The 1939 World Professional Basketball Tournament was the first edition of the World Professional Basketball Tournament. It was held in Chicago, Illinois, during the days of 26–28 March 1939 and featured 11 teams competing for a prize money of $10,000. [1] It was won by the New York Rens who defeated the Oshkosh All-Stars 34–25 in the title ...
1963–1985. Harlem Globetrotters. Frederick "Curly" Neal (May 19, 1942 – March 26, 2020) was an American basketball player who played with the Harlem Globetrotters, instantly recognizable with his shaved bald head. Following in the footsteps of Marques Haynes, Neal became the Trotters' featured ballhandler, a key role in the team's ...
1949–1952. Harlem Globetrotters. Roscoe Franklin "Duke" Cumberland (1913 – October 23, 1966) [1] was a member of the Harlem Globetrotters. [2] He averaged 6.9 points per game in the National Basketball League for the Chicago Studebaker Flyers. [3]
Seattle Athletics. Bernard Burnice Price (September 20, 1915 – January 24, 2002) was an American professional basketball player. [1] [2] He played for the Harlem Globetrotters for many years. He also played for the Chicago Studebaker Flyers in the National Basketball League (NBL) during the 1942–43 season and averaged 9.0 points per game.