Meadowlark Lemon, the court jester of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team who delighted audiences around the world for some 25 years with an array of trick shots, comedy routines and pure charisma, has died at the age of 83, the team announced on
We knew him best as Meadowlark Lemon, a name synonymous with the Harlem Globetrotters. Lemon, known for his captivating and amusing style on the court, died Sunday in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 83. During his 24-season run with the Globetrotters,
Meadowlark Lemon, who died Sunday at age 83, said God's plan for him became clear at age 11 in a segregated North Carolina movie theater. There he saw a newsreel featuring the Globetrotters, a basketball team made up of talented players who had the
Meadowlark Lemon was one of the finest and most decent people I've ever known. Like most of my era, I remember, as a boy, my father taking me to see the “Clown Prince of Basketball” and the Harlem Globetrotters. However, it will be Meadowlark “The Man”
For me it would be Meadowlark Lemon.” Lemon spent 24 years with the Globetrotters, doing tours through the racially torn South in the 1950s until he left in 1979 to start his own team. He was one of the most popular athletes in the world during the