Babe Pressley

Louis Pressley


Born:
September 21, 1916


Died:
September 15, 1965
Cleveland, OH


Career
1933-34 Central High School - Cleveland (High School)
1934-35 Central High School - Cleveland (High School)
1935-36 Central High School - Cleveland (High School)
1936-37 Cleveland Penzoil (Independent)
1936-37 Jesse Owens Collegians (Independent)
1937-38 Harlem Globetrotters (Independent)
1937-38 Jesse Owens Collegians (Independent)
1938-39 Harlem Globetrotters (Independent) 
1938-39 Jesse Owens Collegians (Independent)
1939-40 Harlem Globetrotters (Independent) 
1940-41 Harlem Globetrotters (Independent)  
1941-42 Harlem Globetrotters (Independent) 
1942-43 New York Rens (Independent)
1942-43 Chicago Studebaker Flyers (NBL)
1943-44 Cleveland Buckeyes (Independent)
1943-44 Harlem Globetrotters (Independent) 
1944-45 Harlem Globetrotters (Independent) 
1945-46 Harlem Globetrotters (Independent)
1945-46 Chicago Monarchs (Independent) 
1946-47 Harlem Globetrotters (Independent) 
1947-48 Harlem Globetrotters (Independent) 
1948-49 Harlem Globetrotters (Independent) 
1949-50 Harlem Globetrotters (Independent) 
1950-51 Harlem Globetrotters (Independent) 
1951-52 Harlem Globetrotters (Independent) 
1952-53 Harlem Globetrotters (Independent) 
1953-54 Harlem Globetrotters (Independent) 

He joined the Flyers for the NBL playoffs in 1942-43.

Pressley died of a heart attack just a week short of his 49th birthday. He and his wife, Vera, had one son and the were owners of a deli in Cleveland.

Source:
Pittsburgh Courier, September 25, 1965


Stats:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/p/presslo01n.html
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=pressba01