Meadowlark Lemon
United States
Basketball
B: April 25, 1932
D: December 27, 2015
Member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
As the "Clown Prince" of the Harlem Globetrotters for 24 seasons, Meadowlark Lemon played in more than 7,500 consecutive games for the red, white, and blue. In April of 1952, the Globetrotters received a letter from Lemon requesting a tryout. He was given a look, and after serving two years in the Army, was signed to a contract. Lemon played his first season with one of the Globetrotter developmental teams, the Kansas City Stars. He played his first season full season with the Globetrotters in 1954. A native of Wilmington, N.C., Lemon received his Globetrotters Legends ring and had his jersey (#36) retired as part of a 75th Anniversary black tie charity fund-raiser on Jan. 5, 2001, at Chicago's Fairmont Hotel. He joins Marques Haynes and Wilt Chamberlain as the only three players in the history of the Harlem Globetrotters to have their jersey retired. Lemon later resided in Scottsdale, Ariz., where he served as an ordained minister until his death in 2015.
SUPERSTARS RECORD
EVENT |
PLACE | POINTS | MONEY | EVENT WINS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 Preliminary 2 | 11 |
2 |
$1,000 |
None |
| TOTALS | 2 |
$1,000 |
0 |
PERSONAL BESTS
| 100 Yard Dash | 18.23 |
1982 Preliminary 2 |
| Points Scored | 2 |
1982 Preliminary 2 |