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Meadowlark Lemon (born Meadow Lemon III; [1] April 25, 1932 – December 27, 2015), [2] was an American basketball player, actor, and Christian minister. For 22 years, he was known as the "Clown Prince" of the touring Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. [ 3 ]
The show team members featured fictionalized versions of historical Globetrotters Meadowlark Lemon, Freddie "Curly" Neal, Hubert "Geese" Ausbie, J.C. "Gip" Gipson, Bobby Joe Mason, and Paul "Pablo" Robertson, all in animated form, alongside their fictional bus driver and manager Granny and their dog mascot Dribbles. [2]
Seventeen individuals inducted as contributors have won the John Bunn Award, awarded by the Hall annually to a significant contributor: John Bunn (its inaugural recipient), J. Walter Kennedy, Cliff Fagan, Edward Gottlieb, Danny Biasone, Larry O'Brien, Dave Gavitt, C. M. Newton, Tex Winter, Meadowlark Lemon, Tom Jernstedt, Tom "Satch" Sanders ...
Neal himself appeared with Meadowlark Lemon, Marques Haynes, and his other fellow Globetrotters in a live-action Saturday morning TV show, The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine, in 1974–75, which also featured Rodney Allen Rippy and Avery Schreiber. [2]
The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine is a Saturday morning variety show featuring players from the basketball team the Harlem Globetrotters singing, dancing, and performing comedy sketches. [1]
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Meadowlark Lemon: former Harlem Globetrotter Hal McRae: former MLB player and manager Terry Mickens: former NFL wide receiver Jamie Nails: former NFL offensive tackle Nate Newton: former NFL offensive tackle Dexter Nottage: former NFL player Dan Parrish: NFL player Casey Printers: CFL quarterback Ken Riley
Meadowlark Lemon (1932–2015), basketball player for Harlem Globetrotters; nicknamed the "Clown Prince" Buck Leonard (1907–1997), Baseball Hall of Fame, first baseman Homestead Grays (Rocky Mount) Sugar Ray Leonard (born 1956), championship boxer, 1976 Olympic gold medalist, world welterweight champion