Posted on 03/26/2020 12:45:50 PM PDT by BBQToadRibs
RIP.
He isn’t the real Curly. Curly died years before Moe.
I think it is “Sweet Georgia Brown?” RIP Curly. Only names I remember are Curly & Meadowlark Lemon (& Wilt Chamberlain who I forgot was a HG).
Harlem Globetrotters Song https://youtu.be/AuIgor5_PaQ
They played everywhere across the fruited plain...including the suburban Chicago stadium (Forest Park, Illinois) where I played a couple years of womens' professional fast-pitch softball.
Our team's owner always had a novelty baseball game as openers for our evening womens' baseball game to really pack the hometown stadium....some old-timers may remember "The King and His Court", "Pete Gray, the One-Armed Softball Pitcher", "Donkey Baseball"...and of course, these baseball novelties along with the Globe Trotters were some of the teams that paired with ours for the evening's double-headers.
If you thought the Harlem Clown Princes were adept at comedy basketball, you should have seen them at softball. They came with their own guys dressed as legitimate umps, the ball they used was large and soft (so they couldn't blow it out of the park all the time)...they played good local men's softball teams who were their foils but who never won despite their best efforts.....and the routines the Trotters used (fake fights with the umpires, hilarious antics on the bases, antics when sliding and when pitching) - it was artful comedy the likes of which you'll never see again.
Their baseball skills were just as authentic and amazing as their basketball skills. Many of the Globe Trotters had semi-pro baseball pasts.
Those were the days, my friend...too bad they had to end. We'll never see the likes of the many-talented athletes like Meadowlark, Goose, Curly and Sweetwater again.
Leni
Leni
Didn’t the globetrotters star in their own movie about themselves (black and white) back in the 60s?
Saw them twice back then.
ROFL
It starred Thomas Gomez as Abe Saperstein (owner of the Trotters) and famous black star, Dorothy Dandridge....as well as some of the team players playing themselves.
Unfortunately, the film has never been released to U.S. television.
Leni
Loved when Meadowlark use to do the over the shoulder no look half court shot and swish it.
I’ve been watching this kid on Youtube who plays street ball exhibitions and tour games. Reminds me a lot of Harlem Globe Trotter moves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vglS7j0c4To
https://heavy.com/sports/2020/03/fred-curly-neal-dead/
Good video and the Harlem Globetrotter’s jingle.
Damn!!
He was also an actor and an ordained Christian minister.
Wilt Chamberlain called Lemon "the greatest basketball player of all time".
Leni
Lots of Curly and Medowlark.
Ya’ might also want to polish up on your ad-hominem attacks. They're pretty lame and way beneath most Freepers.
Go to the link at Post 57: At ~ 6’40” the ‘Trotters are visiting the military hospital in Sierra Vista, AZ.
Bet you are a blast at parties.
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