Jim Jones

Jim Jones


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1952-53 Saratoga Harlem Yankees (ABL)

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Hill

Hill


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1952-53 Saratoga / Glen Falls Harlem Yankees (ABL)



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Chico Burrell

Stanley "Chico" Burrell


Born:
June 14, 1928
Brooklyn, NY

Died:
April 29, 2012
Tacoma, WA


Career
Long Island High School - New York (High School)
1946-47 Harlem Globetrotters (Independent)
1947-48 Negro Ghosts - Sioux City, IA (Independent)
1948-49 Harlem Globetrotters (Independent) 
1949-50 Harlem Globetrotters (Independent)  
1949-50 New York Rens (Independent)
1950-51 New York Rens (Independent) 
1951-52 Camp Polk Armadillos (Military)
1952-53 Harlem Globetrotters (Independent) 
1952-53 Middletown Guards (ABL)
1952-53 Saratoga / Glen Falls Harlem Yankees (ABL)
1953-54 Harlem Globetrotters (Independent) 
1954-55 Harlem Magicians (Independent)
1956-57 Harlem Globetrotters (Independent)
1960-61 Harlem Ambassadors (Independent)
1961-62 Harlem Clowns (Independent)
1962-63 Harlem Clowns (Independent)
1963-64 Harlem Clowns (Independent)
1964-65 Harlem Clowns (Independent)
1965-66 Harlem Clowns (Independent) 


Born to John and Lorraine Burrell, young Stanley picked up the name "Chico" from a Halloween costume he wore and the name stuck. He played baseball and basketball as a kid, but found his true calling of the two was basketball. He dropped out of LIU in his freshman year to join the Harlem Globetrotters. He was with the Trotters for over a decade, with a brief stint in the American Basketball League mixed in. He would move on to the Harlem Clowns and relocated his family to California.

He was one of the more popular players for the Globetrotters, dazzling fans with his skyhook and basketball spinning. He played before world leaders and the Hollywood elite, appeared in a movie with Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee, and even met Dr. Martin Luther King. He retired from his involvement with basketball in 1971, and retired from METRO in 1987 after 25 years of service. At 74, he moved to the Seattle area where he lived the rest of his life. He died in 2012 after battling dementia and other health ailments.

Burrell's son, John, played college basketball at Cal State Northridge.

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http://mountainview.frontrunnerpro.com/book-of-memories/1203809/burrell-stanley/obituary.php

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Leroy Watkins

Leroy John Watkins


Born:
October 3, 1925
New York, NY

Died:
September 23, 2008
Flushing, NY


Career
1948-49 CCNY (College)
1949-50 CCNY (College)
1950-51 Saratoga Harlem Yankees (ABL)
1951-52 Saratoga / Schenectady Yankees (ABL) Did he play?
1952-53 Middletown Guards (ABL)
1952-53 Saratoga / Glens Falls Harlem Yankees (ABL)*
1952-53 Pawtucket Slaters (ABL)

1953-54 Hazleton Mountaineers (EPBL)

* listed as Mel Watkins. Pretty sure it is Leroy.

A player at CCNY during the point-shaving scandal, Watkins, innocent of any wrong-doing, would go on to play in the ABL for a few years.

Watkins brother, Cecil, worked for the NBA in the offices in New York City..

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Vic Hanson

Victor G. (Granville?) Hanson


Born:
February 29, 1928
Orange, NJ

Died:
October 15, 1988



Career
1945-46 Long Island City High School - New York (High School)
Long Island University (College) Freshmen only ??
New York Rens (Independent)
1947-48 Saratoga Indians (NYSL)
1947-48 Mohawk Redskins (NYSL)
1948-49 Mohawk Redskins (NYSL)
1949-50 New Britain Rios (EBL-Ct)
1949-50 Bristol Tramps (EBL-Ct)
1950-51 Saratoga Harlem Yankees (ABL)
1950-51 Torrington Howards (EBL-Ct)
1951-52 Saratoga / Schenectady Harlem Yankees (ABL)
1951-52 Middletown Guards (ABL)
1951-52 Manchester British Americans (ABL)
1952-53 Saratoga / Glens Falls Harlem Yankees (ABL)

Not much I could found with regards to the true identity of Vic Hanson. What really muddies the water is the Hall of Fame player / coach from Syracuse who was an active coach around the same time in the same state.

6'2, 195 lbs

He became a respected boxing coach and had a field house named after him in his hometown of Jamaica, Queens.

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Henry Singleton

Henry Singleton


Born:
March 24, 1925
Philadelphia, PA

Died:
July 4, 2010
Savannah, GA


Career
1947-48 Glens Falls Commodores (NYSL)
1948-49 Glens Falls Commodores (NYSL)
1949-50 New York Harlem Yankees (ABL)
1950-51 Saratoga Harlem Yankees (ABL)
1951-52 Harlem Globetrotters (Independent)
1952-53 Hazleton/Saratoga/Glens Falls Yankees (ABL)
1952-53 Harlem Globetrotters (Independent)
1953-54 Hazleton Mountaineers (EPBL)

The 6'4 Singleton joined the U.S. Army in 1943, serving in World War 2. After the war, he would go on to play basketball with the Harlem Yankees and the Harlem Globetrotters. He would work with the New York Transit Authority until retiring in 1986, and moved to Savannah, Georgia, after the death of his wife.

Henry and his wife had two sons and two daughters.

Also has been listed as Ben Singleton in some newspaper stories.

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Savannah Morning News, July 8, 2010

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Benny McNeil

Benny McNeil


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Benjamin Franklin High School - New York City (High School)
1948-49 Harlem Yankees (NYSL)
1949-50 New York Harlem Yankees (ABL)
1950-51 Saratoga Harlem Yankees (ABL)
1951-52 Saratoga / Schenectady Harlem Yankees (ABL)
1951-52 Fort Eustis (Military)
1952-53 Saratoga / Glens Falls Harlem Yankees (ABL)
1954-55 Fort Lee (Military)
1955-56 Fort Lee (Military)

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