Negro Leagues Baseball Player, Hall of Fame Basketball Player. Tatum loved playing basketball and making people laugh.
He was the forerunner to another basketball legend, the Globetrotters’ Meadowlark Lemon. Hall of Fame Basketball Players (Alphabetical), Hall of Fame Basketball Players by Induction Year. Please enter location or other information that may help the volunteer in fulfilling this request. He was an actor, known for Go Man Go (1954), Basketball Headliners of 1951 (1951) and Basketball Headliners of 1954 (1954). Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Goose played professional baseball in the Negro leagues. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. Select a place on the map to place the pin. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. At only 6’4″, Goose had a tremendous 84-inch wingspan. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. English If you have questions, please contact support@findagrave.com. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Turning to basketball full time, he rejoined the Harlem Globetrotters and played with the team for a total of 12 seasons. For help using the website visit our help page or contact support@findagrave.com. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive?
Drag images here or select from your computer for Goose Tatum memorial. Sorry! This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. If a new volunteer signs up in your requested photo location, they may see your existing request and take the photo. This account has been disabled. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Goose Tatum I found on Findagrave.com. Biographical Summaries of Notable People; U.S. Yearbooks Name Index, 1890-1979; FamilySearch Family Tree ; U.S. Public Records Index; View all records Biographical Summaries of Notable People FREE. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goose_Tatum, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Givens, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marques_Haynes, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Magicians, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Elmore, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hall_(basketball), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit%E2%80%93New_Orleans_Stars. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. Use the links under “See more…” to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. Tatum became owner of the Clowns baseball team in the late 1950s and played several games before hanging up his baseball cleats.
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Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. He began his career at 16 playing for the Louisville Black Colonels. On February 19, 1948 Tatum and the all-black Harlem Globetrotters played a historic game against.
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