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Reece "Goose" Tatum (May 31, 1921 – January 18, 1967) was an American Negro league baseball and basketball player. In 1942, he was signed to the Harlem Globetrotters and had an 11-year career with the team.
Mar 16, 2020 · Reece “Goose” Tatum was a professional baseball and basketball player. Tatum was born on May 31, 1921 in El Dorado, Arkansas to Ben Tatum, a farmer and part-time preacher, and Alice Tatum, a domestic cook. Tatum was the fifth of seven children in the family.
Tatum was posthumously enshrined into the Hall of Fame on Aug. 12, 2011, in Springfield, Mass. A Globetrotter for 12 remarkable seasons, Tatum was considered by many to be one of the greatest basketball players of his era and one of the best showmen in Globetrotter….
Harlem Globetrotters Legend Reece "Goose" Tatum, the original "Clown Prince of Basketball," will be among a group of 10 distinguished players and coaches to be inducted into the Naismith...
Take a look at the career of one of the true pioneers of the Harlem Globetrotters, Goose Tatum.
Goose Tatum was basketball’s original clown prince, bringing his comedic stylings to the Harlem Globetrotters after being discovered by owner Abe Saperstein on – of all places – the baseball diamond.
Reece 'Goose' Tatum was born on May 3, 1921 in El Dorado, Arkansas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Harlem Globetrotters (1951), Go Man Go (1954) and Basketball Headliners of 1951 (1951). He was married to Nona. He died on January 18, 1967 in El Paso, California, USA.
Reece "Goose" Tatum was an American Negro league baseball and basketball player. In 1942, he was signed to the Harlem Globetrotters and had an 11-year career with the team. He later formed his own team known as the Harlem Magicians with former Globetrotters player Marques Haynes.
Reece 'Goose' Tatum was born on 3 May 1921 in El Dorado, Arkansas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Harlem Globetrotters (1951), Go Man Go (1954) and Basketball Headliners of 1951 (1951). He was married to Nona. He died on 18 January 1967 in El Paso, California, USA.
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