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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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]
Harlem Globetrotters. Nathaniel "Big Easy" Lofton (born April 15, 1981) is an American basketball player for the Harlem Globetrotters. He and his fellow Globetrotter Herbert "Flight Time" Lang are known for their participation in three seasons of The Amazing Race . Nate played collegiate basketball for the Southeastern Louisiana University Lions .
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]
The Harlem Globetrotters will return with their annual basketball show at the T-Mobile Center, 2 p.m. April 6 ($30-$112). t-mobilecenter.com . Cheese Chisholm and the Harlem Globetrotters ...
Mannie Jackson (born May 4, 1939) is the chairman and co-owner of the Harlem Globetrotters, for whom he played from 1962 to 1964. He was the first African American with controlling ownership in an entertainment organization and international sports team. [5] Jackson has been heavily recognized throughout his career including an acknowledgment ...