The Great Meadowlark Lemon of the legendary Harlem Globetrotters dies at 83. Rest In Basketball Heaven Sir!

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/28/entert...trotters-feat/

Definitely lost one of the great ones.
I loved watching him as a kid.

RIP

Meadowlark Lemon was one of the best names ever in basketball. According to Wilt Chamberlain, Meadowlark was the best player he ever saw, better than Michael Jordan and Dr. J.

Plus, he shot around 50% on those half court hook shots. Now this Lemmy is a legend ...

Used to watch him every New Year's Eve in Milwaukee. I have a picture of me with him when I was a kid.

He was great in Hollywood Squares, also.
Saw the globetrotters several times.

Saw them a couple of times, and used to watch their cartoons on Saturday mornings.

RIP to a Globetrotters legend......

Forever connected with Sweet Georgia Brown:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyeKAkMwCpw

You can't hardly hear that melody without envisioning him grinnin' with ball spinnin' on one finger.

He was great in Hollywood Squares, also. Originally Posted by xtrem

I would much rather have taken Meadowlark Lemon than Paul Lynde to block.

I would much rather have taken Meadowlark Lemon than Paul Lynde to block. Originally Posted by Moonlight Graham

I was introduced to Paul Lynde by some mutual friends shortly after he did The Villian, I found him to be a very tortured soul and alcoholic who used humor to hide his pain.