Pelican Parts
Parts Catalog Accessories Catalog How To Articles Tech Forums
Call Pelican Parts at 888-280-7799
Shopping Cart Cart | Project List | Order Status | Help



Go Back   Pelican Parts Forums > Miscellaneous and Off Topic Forums > Off Topic Discussions


Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread
Author
Thread Post New Thread    Reply
Registered
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 5,037
Globe Trotters (Basketball)

Are they still around ? Seldom hear of them any more. They put on a terrific show.
Saw them play many years ago. Just wondering if they still exist.

Old 04-27-2024, 10:15 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #1 (permalink)
Registered
 
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 15,530
Yes. It looks like they are playing in your neck of the woods now.

https://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/world-tour/schedule/
__________________
Southwest Oklahoma
Old 04-27-2024, 10:38 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #2 (permalink)
Back in the saddle again
 
masraum's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
Posts: 55,905
I loved watching them when I was a kid. I think I've seen a video of them sometime in the last 15-20 years, maybe it was online. I'm glad that they're still out there.
__________________
Steve
'08 Boxster RS60 Spyder #0099/1960
- never named a car before, but this is Charlotte.
'88 targa SOLD 2004 - gone but not forgotten
Old 04-27-2024, 10:52 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #3 (permalink)
Get off my lawn!
 
GH85Carrera's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 84,816
Garage
The original team cam to our school and played our varsity basketball team. They were hysterical, and amazing talent. Of course I was taking pictures for our yearbook, and they did the old bucket trick on me. I thought for sure my camera and myself were about to be soaked. Just confetti.
__________________
Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
Old 04-27-2024, 11:42 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #4 (permalink)
Southern Class & Sass
 
Dixie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Bradenton, FL
Posts: 4,026
Garage
I was traumatized in the 7th grade when my english teacher explained the Globe Trotters weren't a real NBA team. Like, could that mean David Cassidy and the Partridge Family were also contrived by Madison Ave?
__________________
Dixie
Bradenton, FL
2013 Camaro ZL1
Old 04-27-2024, 01:01 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #5 (permalink)
Registered
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 5,037
I saw them in the late sixties in Moncton NB while I was in college. They were magic.
Great entertainers !
Old 04-27-2024, 02:18 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #6 (permalink)
 
Registered
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: west michigan
Posts: 26,563
there was another spin-off team traveling at the same time....I can't remember the team name, but I know it had the word Satellites in it.
They came to our HS in the early 70's.
__________________
78 SC Targa Black....gone
84 Carrera Targa White
98 Honda Prelude
22 Honda Civic SI
Old 04-27-2024, 03:19 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #7 (permalink)
Navin Johnson
 
TimT's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Wantagh, NY
Posts: 8,771
They were founded in 1929...

They beat the Washington General's 19,000 times..
__________________
Don't feed the trolls. Don't quote the trolls
http://www.southshoreperformanceny.com
'69 911 GT-5
'75 914 GT-3
and others
Old 04-27-2024, 03:29 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #8 (permalink)
Fleabit peanut monkey
 
Bob Kontak's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: North Canton, Ohio
Posts: 20,695
Garage
Quote:
Originally Posted by TimT View Post
They were founded in 1929...

They beat the Washington General's 19,000 times..
The General's had black dudes as well. Something ain't right. Like it was planned or something.

Here's some Satellite info.

__________________
1981 911SC Targa
Old 04-27-2024, 03:56 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #9 (permalink)
Registered
 
A930Rocket's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Posts: 14,157
I want to say I saw the Globetrotters, but was there another basketball team that did the same thing? This was in the late 60s or early 70s.
Old 04-27-2024, 06:41 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #10 (permalink)
LWJ LWJ is online now
Registered
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Lake Oswego, OR
Posts: 6,058
I somehow completely missed the sports appreciation gene. Just don’t care about that stuff. But wow! I was completely consumed by the HG as a kid when I saw them. Pretty amazing.
Old 04-27-2024, 09:23 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #11 (permalink)
I see you
 
flatbutt's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: NJ
Posts: 29,889
I got to see Meadowlark Lemon play back in the day.
__________________
Si non potes inimicum tuum vincere, habeas eum amicum and ride a big blue trike.
"'Bipartisan' usually means that a larger-than-usual deception is being carried out."
Old 04-28-2024, 01:00 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #12 (permalink)
?
 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 30,437
I saw them play in the early 70s as a kid with Meadowlark and Curly Neal, who was a local hs product so they always got plenty of attention when playing here. They were consumate b-ball talents and entertainers ... and brought joy to everyone !

Simply awesome they were...
Old 04-28-2024, 01:10 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #13 (permalink)
Registered
 
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Hilton Head Island, SC
Posts: 1,864
The Savannah Bananas have evolved into baseball’s version of the Globe Trotters. Always sold out and you have to get into a lottery to try to obtain tickets.
Old 04-28-2024, 02:29 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #14 (permalink)
Registered
 
Zeke's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Long Beach CA, the sewer by the sea.
Posts: 37,690
Another exhibition was softball's The King and His Court. The king was an incredible pitcher that could throw from between his legs, throw strikes blindfolded, and other manoeuvres and still get some heat into the ball. He had 3 other players, a catcher, first baseman and shortstop handling the out field and some bases if he could get there. The 3 of them would beat just about any 9 player team. They didn't bring their own opponents but took on amaterur teams.
Old 04-28-2024, 06:56 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #15 (permalink)
Back in the saddle again
 
masraum's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
Posts: 55,905
Quote:
Originally Posted by LWJ View Post
I somehow completely missed the sports appreciation gene. Just don’t care about that stuff. But wow! I was completely consumed by the HG as a kid when I saw them. Pretty amazing.
Yep, I get it about the sports gene. I generally don't know who's in the super bowl, world series, etc... unless I see it posted here or someone specifically talks to me about it. But as a kid, I thought the HG were awesome.
__________________
Steve
'08 Boxster RS60 Spyder #0099/1960
- never named a car before, but this is Charlotte.
'88 targa SOLD 2004 - gone but not forgotten
Old 04-28-2024, 08:15 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #16 (permalink)
Registered
 
rfuerst911sc's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Dahlonega , Georgia
Posts: 14,595
Quote:
Originally Posted by flatbutt View Post
I got to see Meadowlark Lemon play back in the day.
Man could that dude talk ! He was the verbal QB of the team . A talented player and entertainer .
__________________
2002 Boxster S . Arctic silver + black top/int. Jake Raby 3.6 SS engine " the beast ". GT3 front bumper, GT3 side skirts and GT3 TEK rear diffuser. 1999 996 C4 coupe black/grey with FSI 3.8 engine . Rear diffuser , front spoiler lip with ducktail spoiler .
Old 04-28-2024, 01:35 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #17 (permalink)
Registered
 
craigster59's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Gilbert, Az
Posts: 21,695
Garage
Quote:
Originally Posted by TimT View Post
They were founded in 1929...

They beat the Washington General's 19,000 times..
I was trying to remember what the name of the team was. They had some talent, some of that action they did between Curly and Meadowlark was great choreography.
__________________
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

"There is nothing to be learned from the second kick of a mule" - Mark Twain
Old 04-28-2024, 05:16 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #18 (permalink)
 
Registered
 
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 1,412
You think the Generals would have been eventually drafted a Michael Jordan type with the number of #1 picks over all those years. Even more amazing is that the globe trotters did it with lowly number 2’s. Something to be said for good coaching.
Old 04-29-2024, 07:28 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #19 (permalink)
Control Group
 
Tobra's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Carmichael, CA
Posts: 53,469
Garage
Quote:
Originally Posted by flatbutt View Post
I got to see Meadowlark Lemon play back in the day.
Wilt said Meadowlark Lemon was the best basketball player he ever saw

Went a few times with the grandkids. They have activities they have the kids do before too. Grandson did a reverse layup high on the glass, and the Globetrotter guy says, "Hey, do that again." so he did.

__________________
She was the kindest person I ever met
Old 04-29-2024, 07:35 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #20 (permalink)
Reply


 


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 04:44 PM.


 
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0
Copyright 2025 Pelican Parts, LLC - Posts may be archived for display on the Pelican Parts Website -    DMCA Registered Agent Contact Page
 

DTO Garage Plus vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.