Harlem Globetrotters and the Model T
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DHort
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Harlem Globetrotters and the Model T
I did not know this. The first seven years the Globetrotters existed they were driven around the Midwest in a Model T, with Abe Saperstein driving. Six players in a Model T must have been a tight fit.
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Re: Harlem Globetrotters and the Model T
That’s a pretty interesting piece of history. A picture of them in a T would be awesome. Thanks
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Re: Harlem Globetrotters and the Model T
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xp ... story.html
There are two touring units of the Harlem Globetrotters, each plays a minimum of 250 dates a year. The team has come a long way since British-born promoter Abe Saperstein packed five black players into a Model-T Ford, traveled from Chicago to Hinckley, Ill., and presented the Globetrotters in front of 300 fans, Jan. 27, 1927. Basketball in the Roaring '20s was relegated to dance halls, churches, movie theaters and YMCAs. Sports, like most of the country, were segregated.
But, even then, the Globetrotters crossed racial lines. They wera legitimate team that took on all comers, reaching a competitive zenith in 1940 by winning a world professional championship in Chicago. During World War II, they developed many of the tricks that became their staples. By the 1950s, despite the integration of the National Basketball Association, the Globetrotters were the nation's pre-eminent basketball attraction.
https://picturebookbuilders.com/2020/11 ... -giveaway/
There are two touring units of the Harlem Globetrotters, each plays a minimum of 250 dates a year. The team has come a long way since British-born promoter Abe Saperstein packed five black players into a Model-T Ford, traveled from Chicago to Hinckley, Ill., and presented the Globetrotters in front of 300 fans, Jan. 27, 1927. Basketball in the Roaring '20s was relegated to dance halls, churches, movie theaters and YMCAs. Sports, like most of the country, were segregated.
But, even then, the Globetrotters crossed racial lines. They wera legitimate team that took on all comers, reaching a competitive zenith in 1940 by winning a world professional championship in Chicago. During World War II, they developed many of the tricks that became their staples. By the 1950s, despite the integration of the National Basketball Association, the Globetrotters were the nation's pre-eminent basketball attraction.
https://picturebookbuilders.com/2020/11 ... -giveaway/
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Re: Harlem Globetrotters and the Model T
Our dads, the preacher, i , and Gordie Yoder saw them in 1958 or 9!!! Bud. 