Greatly influenced by basketball and notably the Harlem Globetrotters she invented a playing style aimed at the audience rather than the opposing team.
Jonte "Too Tall" Hall is a 5 foot 2 player (157,48 cm) on the Harlem Globetrotters.
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The rule was particularly advantageous for Philadelphia, which landed Overbrook High School’s Wilt Chamberlain in 1959 after his stints with the University of Kansas and the Harlem Globetrotters.
He taught biology and coached several outstanding athletes, such as future Harlem Globetrotters Hallie Bryant and Willie Gardner, and the legendary Oscar Robertson.
Throughout the following 30 years the Pan-Pacific would host the Ice Capades and the Harlem Globetrotters, serve as home to the Los Angeles Monarchs of the Pacific Coast Hockey League along with UCLA ice hockey, UCLA men's basketball, USC men's basketball, professional tennis, car shows, political rallies and circuses.
LaMont "ShowBoat" player/owner of the Harlem Clowns www.harlemclowns.net He played along side Harlem Globetrotter great and Basketball Hall of Famer Meadowlark Lemon for many years.
On January 21, 1952, the Seattle U. basketball team, then known as the Chieftains, beat the Harlem Globetrotters in a stunning 84-81 upset, led by Johnny O'Brien.
In 2009 Tracy was inducted into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame, joining an elite fraternity of past inductees such as Tennis great Arthur Ashe, Olympian Jesse Owens, Gymnast Mary Lou Retton, Major League Baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson, soccer great Pelé and the Harlem Globetrotters.
The gymnasium has hosted the likes of the Harlem Globetrotters, the B.C. high school basketball championships, Billy Idol and is the current venue for the finals of all division of the TELUS Basketball Classic.
Dave Chappelle performed comedy on June 2, 2004, while The Killers played at The Thunderdome on April 6, 2007 and the Harlem Globetrotters played an exhibition game on February 15, 2007.
Abe Saperstein (1902–1966), founder and coach of the Savoy Big Five, which later became the Harlem Globetrotters.
Louis Dunbar, a former basketball player for the Harlem Globetrotters
Harlem Magicians, an American basketball entertainment enterprise similar to the Harlem Globetrotters