January 18, 1967 Reece “Goose” Tatum, Hall of Fame basketball player, died. Tatum was born May 31, 1921 in El Dorado, Arkansas. In high school, he played baseball, football, and basketball. He played Negro league baseball from 1937 to 1949 and was a co-owner of the Detroit Clowns baseball team in the late 1950s.
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Reece “Goose” Tatum – January 18th in African American History
Tags: Army, baseball, basketball, football, Harlem Globetrotters, January 18, May 31, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, World War II
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November 9th in African American History – Pack Robert Bob Gibson
November 9, 1935 Pack Robert “Bob” Gibson, baseball Hall of Fame pitcher, was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Despite a childhood filled with medical problems, Gibson was active in sports and won a basketball scholarship to Creighton University.
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October 12th in African American History – Wilton Norman Chamberlain
Tags: basketball, Basketball Hall of Fame, Harlem Globetrotters
October 12, 1999 Wilton Norman “Wilt” Chamberlain, hall of fame professional basketball player, died. Chamberlain was born August 21, 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was 6 feet 11 inches when he entered high school and used that advantage as a prolific scorer throughout his high school and college career. After his junior year of college, […]
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