OT: Harlem Globetrotters All-Time Roster

[Columbia Blue]

not overlooking the razorbacks BY ANY MEANS, but was curious with all the tributes to meadowlark lemon ...

i've never seen the globetrotters live, but always felt they were showmen that were athletic enough -- not really great basketball players.

here's their all-time roster -- interesting to study:
http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/h...ll-time-roster

alas, no dayton flyers -- maybe someday! there are representatives from miami (oh), duquesne, st joseph's, UC, wittenberg, wilberforce and urbana, among others.

some of the names that most amused me, that you may also recognize -- some of which were limited to cameo appearances:

Kenny Battle F 6-6 Illinois
SirValiant Brown G 6-1 George Washington (laughed out loud)
Cedric Ceballos F 6-7 Cal-State Fullerton
Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain C 7-1 Kansas
John Chaney N/A N/A Bethune-Cookman (briefly, roomed with meadowlark, didn't like the clowning)
Darryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins C 6-11 Maynard Evans H.S. (Fla.)
Todd Day G/F 6-7 Arkansas
Connie Hawkins F 6-8 Iowa (involved in same scandal as roger brown?)
Earvin "Magic" Johnson G 6-9 Michigan State
Damon Jones G-F 6-8 Wilberforce (Ohio)
Kevin Lyde F 6-10 Temple, who can forget?
Scooter McFadgon G 6-5 Tennessee
Olden Polynice C 7-0 Virginia
Pooh Richardson G 6-1 UCLA
Ron Rollerson C 6-10 Temple ... must have placed a blanket order on temple big men!
Karim Shabazz C 7-2 Providence
Tyson Wheeler G 6-1 Rhode Island

what dayton flyers would you have nominated in their prime?

roosevelt chapman
darnell hahn
yuanta holland
chris wright
5'0" keith braswell?

	Chris Wright CHRIS WRIGHT 6-8 225lb | Trotwood Madison, HS (OH) A10 All Rookie Team. Preseason 2008 2nd Team All A10. Member of the UD Flight Club with a 40+ inch vertical leap. Consensus Top-75 national recruit. Uncle is former Flyer J.D. Grigsby. Nickname is Top Flyght. CAREER STATS 2007-08 10.4ppg 5.7rpg

	Temple TEMPLE UNIVERSITY Founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple College became Temple University in 1907. Located in Philadelphia, Temple is a comprehensive public research university with 34,000 students, 8 campuses, and 300 academic degree programs. Notable alumni include Bill Cosby and Daryl Hall. Temple's nickname is the Owls and are fellow A10 Conference members.

	Rhode Island RHODE ISLAND The University of Rhode Island was chartered as the state's agricultural school in 1888. The school became the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in 1892. Located in southern Rhode Island, URI is a quintessential New England campus - rural in feeling yet close to the city of Providence, the state's capital. Linked to the city, the beaches, and nearly every corner of the state by both rail and public transit, the campus is easily accessible from Boston and New York URI currently offers 100 majors in seven degree-granting colleges. There are more than 12,000 students on the Kingston campus, about 3,000 in Providence, and a complement of about 700 faculty. Fellow members of the A10 Conference. Nickname is the Rams.

	St Joseph's ST. JOSEPH'S Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1851, Saint Joseph's University advances the professional and personal ambitions of men and women by providing a demanding, yet supportive educational experience. One of only 139 schools nationwide with a Phi Beta Kappa chapter and AACSB business school accreditation, Saint Joseph's is home to 4,200 full-time undergraduates and 3,100 graduate, part-time and doctoral candidates. Located in urban Philadelphia, SJU is a fellow member of the A10 Conference. Nickname is the Hawks. Athletic claim to fame is is the Hawk mascot, a university student on full scholarship who wears a Hawk uniform and flaps his wings continuously for an entire athletic event. School spirit slogan is "The Hawk Will Never Die."

	Duquesne DUQUESNE Duquesne University is a private, coeducational university, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania located on 48 secluded acres, on a bluff above downtown. Founded in 1878 as a Catholic college by the Order of the Holy Spirit. It is the only Spiritan institution of higher education in the world. Duquesne offers 10 schools of study and 100 degree programs to 6,000 undergraduates and 3,800 graduate students. Fellow members of the A10 Conference. Nickname is the Dukes.

	George Washington GEORGE WASHINGTON Students choose from two distinct GW campuses — Foggy Bottom and Mount Vernon. Both are located in historic and prestigious Northwest Washington, DC residential neighborhoods. With 9,700 undergraduate students, GW was founded almost 200 years ago and is named after the first President of the United States. GW stands as one of the nation's premier academic institutions with dozens of famous political, social, science, liberal arts, medical and professional graduates to its credit. Fellow members of the A10 Conference. Nickname is the Colonials.

[ud69]

Maybe not the Globetrotters, but according to this old UDPride thread - former Flyer Steve Lawrence played for the old Washington Generals.

http://www.udpride.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5948

[rollo]

Originally Posted by ud69 former Flyer Steve Lawrence played for the old Washington Generals.

As did Jack Zimmerman

[Iguomaniac]

Mark Jones played for a knock-off version of the Globetrotters called the "Harlem Superstars":

http://www.harlemsuperstars.com/player5.html

[SeasonTicketFan]

Originally Posted by ud69 Maybe not the Globetrotters, but according to this old UDPride thread - former Flyer Steve Lawrence played for the old Washington Generals. http://www.udpride.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5948

Steve lives in London England today and still works for NCR. His son played college in the US. I can't recall where.

[Figgie123]

Originally Posted by Iguomaniac Mark Jones played for a knock-off version of the Globetrotters called the "Harlem Superstars": http://www.harlemsuperstars.com/player5.html

Ugh.

"We are....DU!"

[moville]

Lawrence's son played one year for Princeton (go figure - Steve was a genius) . . . I think only one year . . . his teammate was the brother of a former Flyer but that name escapes me.

[Columbia Blue]

Originally Posted by moville Lawrence's son played one year for Princeton (go figure - Steve was a genius) . . . I think only one year . . . his teammate was the brother of a former Flyer but that name escapes me.

steve lawrence
https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-lawrence-98b4916

edo lawrence -- family resemblance!
http://www.goprincetontigers.com/Vie...CLID=205700780

brian fabrizius -- luke's dead-ringer brother
http://www.goprincetontigers.com/Vie...CLID=205247336