Print, Photographic

Photograph

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Shanaman Sports Museum

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Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2006.01.069

Description

The Harlem Globetrotters have visited Tacoma many times for fund-raising exhibitions over the years, starting with a show organized by the infant Tacoma War Athletic Commission (later TAC) on Jan. 1, 1943. On that first visit, the Globies faced a team of soldiers called the Fort Lewis Warriors in front of a crowd of more than 2,500 at the Tacoma Armory. More than 35 years later, in 1979, the Globetrotters visited for another Tacoma-area exhibition. The roster was: (back row, left to right) John Smith, Twiggy Sanders, Theodis Lee, Lou Dunbar and Gerald Smith; front row (l-r) Osborne Lockhart, Mel Davis, Marques Haynes, Jimmy Blacklock and Vince Humphrey. John Smith was a star player at UPS in 1968-69, when he scored 1,002 points for the Loggers.

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Date made

1979 - 1980

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Basketball, Professional/Semi-Pro

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Harlem Globetrotters

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Smith, John

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University of Puget sound

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Tacoma Athletic Commission

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Lockhart, Osborne

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Davis, Mel

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Haynes, Marques

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Blacklock, Jimmy

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Hurphrey, Vince

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Smith, John

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Sanders, Twiggy

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Lee, Theodis

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Dunbar, Lou

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Smith, Gerald