Oct 6, 2024 · A 5'3 pudgy immigrant creates the Harlem Globetrotters & pioneers the 3-point shot The Globetrotters of the 1930-1931 season. Standing from left: Abe Saperstein, Walter “Toots” Wright, Byron “Fat” Long, Inman Jackson, and William “Kid” Oliver.

The original Harlem Globetrotters weren’t from Harlem, and they didn’t start out as globetrotters. The talented all-Black team, started by Jewish immigrant Abe Saperstein, was from Chicago’s South Side and toured the Midwest in Saperstein’s model-T.

Jan 1, 2005 · We follow the Globetrotters' rise from backwoods obscurity during the harsh years of the Great Depression to become the best basketball team in the country and, by the early 1950s, the most popular sports franchise in the world.

Nov 10, 2020 · The true story of the high-flying Harlem Globetrotters — the team that changed basketball forever. In this book you will find one-finger ball-spinning, rapid-fire mini-dribbling, and a ricochet head shot!

Jun 1, 1970 · This book was about the Harlem Globetrotters' rise to fame and how they have impacted basketball today. This book describes the team when they first started off playing in any "arena" they could find, including a drained out swimming pool.

Oct 1, 2024 · The original Harlem Globetrotters weren’t from Harlem, and they didn’t start out as globetrotters. The talented all-Black team, started by Jewish immigrant Abe Saperstein, was from Chicago’s South Side and toured the region in Saperstein’s model-T.

Jun 28, 2019 · This book chronicles the rise to success of the Harlem Globetrotters. It gives a brief istory of the basketball team, and mini biographies for the teams manager, Abraham "Abe" Saperstein, Reece "Googe" Tatum, and Marques Haynes.