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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 ...
Abe Saperstein. Abraham Michael Saperstein ( Yiddish: אברהם מיכאל סאפערשטיין; July 4, 1902 – March 15, 1966) was the founder, owner and earliest coach of the Harlem Globetrotters. Saperstein was a leading figure in black basketball and baseball from the 1920s through the 1950s, primarily before those sports were racially ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Harlem Globetrotters play at the Attica Correctional Facility in New York. February 29 USA-Romania gymnastics featuring Nadia Comăneci. March 7 World Figure Skating Championships in Göteborg, Sweden. March 21 Dorothy Hamill parade in Greenwich, Conn. March 28 American Cup Gymnastics Championships. May 22 Dorothy Hamill's last amateur ...
The Generals played their last game against the Globetrotters on August 1, 2015, in Wildwood, New Jersey. Overall, the Generals had lost to the Globetrotters more than 16,000 times in their combined history while winning a mere 3–6 games. From 2015 the Globetrotters' opposition was organised by their own management.
Meadowlark Lemon. Meadow Lemon III [1] (April 25, 1932 – December 27, 2015), [2] known professionally as Meadowlark Lemon, was an American basketball player, actor, and Christian minister. For 22 years, he was known as the "Clown Prince" of the touring Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. [3] He was a 2003 inductee into the Naismith Memorial ...
Harlem Globetrotters players (168 P) W. Washington Generals (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Harlem Globetrotters" The following 7 pages are in this category, out ...