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Meadowlark Lemon, Star Of The Harlem Globetrotters, Dies
Updated December 28, 201510:59 AM ET
Meadowlark Lemon, a star with the Harlem Globetrotters for nearly a quarter century, died on Sunday at the age of 83. He had dreamed of playing for the Globetrotters when he was growing up in the Jim Crow South and joined the team in 1954 after serving in the Army. He went on to arguably become its preeminent player, earning the moniker "the clown prince of basketball."
Created in the 1920s, the Globetrotters provided one of the few opportunities for African-American men who wanted to play professional basketball. Wilt Chamberlain, one of the greatest basketball players of all time, spent one year with the team before joining the NBA in 1959
Lemon, who was known as "the clown prince
of basketball," offers a pretzel to a referee
during a game at New York's Madison Square
Garden on Feb. 18, 1978.
Read more: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...rotters-dies?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news
Updated December 28, 201510:59 AM ET
Meadowlark Lemon, a star with the Harlem Globetrotters for nearly a quarter century, died on Sunday at the age of 83. He had dreamed of playing for the Globetrotters when he was growing up in the Jim Crow South and joined the team in 1954 after serving in the Army. He went on to arguably become its preeminent player, earning the moniker "the clown prince of basketball."
Created in the 1920s, the Globetrotters provided one of the few opportunities for African-American men who wanted to play professional basketball. Wilt Chamberlain, one of the greatest basketball players of all time, spent one year with the team before joining the NBA in 1959
Lemon, who was known as "the clown prince
of basketball," offers a pretzel to a referee
during a game at New York's Madison Square
Garden on Feb. 18, 1978.
Read more: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...rotters-dies?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news
