Marques Haynes First Harlem Globetrotter player enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame |
Career Highlights
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First Harlem Globetrotter player enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame |
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Played before 75,000 fans in Berlin, Germany (1950), the largest basketball crowd in history |
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The Haynes-led Globetrotters defeated the George Mikan-led Minneapolis Lakers in both 1948 and 1949 |
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Enshrined in five other Halls of Fame: NAIA (1985), Oklahoma (1990), East Hartford (CT) Hall (1992), Jim Thorpe (1993), and Langston University (1995) |
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