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  2. Abe Saperstein - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Harlem Globetrotters - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Washington Generals - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Harlem - Wikipedia

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    Area code. 212, 332, 646, and 917. Harlemis a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson Riveron the west; the Harlem Riverand 155th Streeton the north; Fifth Avenueon the east; and Central Park Northon the south. The greater Harlem area encompasses several other neighborhoods and extends west and north ...

  6. Nat Clifton - Wikipedia

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    After the war, Clifton joined the New York Rens, an all-black professional basketball team that toured throughout the United States. Noted for his large hands, which required a size 14 glove, he was invited to join the Harlem Globetrotters , for whom he played from the summer of 1948 to the spring of 1950.

  7. Cotton Club - Wikipedia

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    Dorothy Dandridge, entertainer at the Cotton Club. The Cotton Club was a New York City nightclub from 1923 to 1940. It was located on 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue (1923–1936), then briefly in the midtown Theater District (1936–1940). [1] The club operated during the United States' era of Prohibition and Jim Crow era racial segregation.

  8. Category:Harlem Globetrotters - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. 1939 World Professional Basketball Tournament - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

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