Meadowlark Lemon

Meadow Lemon (April 25, 1932 – December 27, 2015) was an American basketball player, actor, and Christian minister (ordained in 1986). From 1994, he served Meadowlark Lemon Ministries in Scottsdale, Arizona. For 22 years, he was known as the "Clown Prince" of the touring Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. He played in more than 16,000 games for the Globetrotters and was a 2003 inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. When basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain was asked his opinion on the best player of all time, he responded, "For me it would be Meadowlark Lemon." Fellow Wilmington great Michael Jordan called Lemon a "true national treasure" and a personal inspiration in Jordan's youth.

Early life

Lemon was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, and attended Williston Industrial School, graduating in 1952. He then matriculated into Florida A&M University, but was soon drafted into the United States Army, serving for two years stationed in Austria and West Germany.

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The Beacon 01 May 2019

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The Los Angeles Times 25 Apr 2019

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Sports Rush: Cube For Kids

Fort Worth Weekly 08 Mar 2019

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Dreams do come true, attests Globetrotters’ ‘El Gato’ Melendez

Rio Rancho Observer 04 Mar 2019

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No panic in Detroit as Trenton star "Swish" Sutton hustles from Motown to Trenton as Globetrotter

The Trentonian 03 Mar 2019

Meadowlark Lemon, Harlem Globetrotters deceased star, turned over in his grave ... Instead, Sutton traveled to play with her assigned Harlem Globetrotters team in Michigan ... "Not really ... Childhood memories recall being pressed in close to our black and white television as Meadowlark Lemon headlined a show that featured his patented half-court hook shot....

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Harrison retires after 37 years at Calvary Worship Center

The Sentinel Echo 01 Mar 2019

... and Len Mink, as well as entertainers such as Donna Douglas ("The Beverly Hillbillies"), Demond Wilson ("Sanford & Son"), Tom Lester ("Green Acres"), Meadowlark Lemon (Harlem Globetrotters), the Grammy award-winning gospel group the Imperials, and astronaut James Irwin....

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'Smiling' Globetrotter Zeus McClurkin loves his job and throwing down slams

Lincoln Journal Star 01 Feb 2019

“That’s not what I needed, I needed to just be who I was ... Among the Globetrotters legends are “clown princes” Meadowlark Lemon, “Goose” Tatum and “Geese” Ausbie, dribbling wizards Marques Haynes and Curly Neal and a couple guys who went on to make their mark in pro basketball -- Connie “Hawk” Hawkins, the ABA/NBA star who preceded Julius “Dr ... 1 ... 23 ... 1....

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Bouncing around: Green's viral dribbling landed her spot on Globetrotters

The Joplin Globe 31 Jan 2019

Briana Green’s road to the Harlem Globetrotters certainly wasn’t the normal path. “I was playing professionally in Europe as well as Mexico,” she said. “When I got back from Mexico, I had to have my third knee surgery ... I couldn’t do much ... Tipoff is at 7 ... It’s not going to be the same show you saw when Curly Neal and Meadowlark Lemon were performing ... ....

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Joy in a 2,495-game losing streak

Wilmington News Journal 29 Jan 2019

Reece “Goose” Tatum, the original “Clown Prince of Basketball”, talked his friend, George “Meadowlark” Lemon, into joining the other merrymakers in the red, white and blue uniforms of the Globetrotters....

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Harlem Globetrotters To Retire Sweet Lou Dunbar's No. 41 Jersey

Market Watch 23 Jan 2019

ATLANTA, Jan ... A native of Minden, La., Dunbar is just the eighth player in the team's 93-year history to have his number retired, joining Wilt Chamberlain (13), Marques Haynes (20), Curly Neal (22), Tex Harrison (34), Geese Ausbie (35), Meadowlark Lemon (36) and Goose Tatum (50) ... He was named "'Mr ... 15, 2008 ... 29, 2000 ... SOURCE Harlem Globetrotters....

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Interview: Willie Carr still revels in his donkey-kick free-kick routine

Scotsman 05 Jan 2019

A round-up of those we’d lost in 2018 got me thinking ... But whatever happened to his little Scottish sidekick who lit the blue touch paper? ... Elsewhere, we were tremendously impressed by Meadowlark Lemon's finger spins, by magician David Nixon's disappearing rabbit, and by the muscleman on Opportunity Knocks making his torso talk ... ....

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Harlem Globetrotters to make a fun-filled stop in Asheville

Mountain Xpress 03 Jan 2019

Bulldog Mack, a basketball player with the Harlem Globetrotters, laughs constantly when he talks about the team’s exploits, on and off the court. “It’s one big family out there,” says the 6-foot, 7-inch native of Huntsville, Ala ... He’s hilarious.” ... 13 ... 7, 1927 ... And, “Everyone remembers Meadowlark Lemon with the water bucket full of confetti,” Mack says ... ....