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HARRY LOTHES

 

HARRY LOTHES Height: 5:11 Weight: 170 College: West Virginia’39
Harry Richard Lothes Born:  Jun 23, 1918     Died:   Jul 3, 1959 Hometown: Elkins, WV
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1935-36 West Virginia College
1936-37 West Virginia College
1937-38 West Virginia College
1938-39 West Virginia College
1938-39 Clarksburg Oilers Indep
1939-40 Clarksburg Oilers Indep
1939-40 Hargerstown Dorsey Marketeers Indep
1940-41 Hargerstown DorseyMarketeers Indep
1940-41 Hargerstown North End AC Indep
1941-42 Cumberland Collegians Indep
POST SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1938-39 Clarksburg Oilers WBT 1 3 2 2 1.000 8 8.0
Major League Totals 1 3 2 2 1.000 8 8.0

ROCK ANDERSON

 

ROCK ANDERSON Height: 6:02 Weight: College: None
Lawrance Anderson Born:  1893 Hometown: Cincinnati, Oh.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1928-29 Chicago Savoy Big Five
1928-39 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1929-30 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1930-31 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1931-32 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1932-33 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1933-34 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1934-35 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1935-36 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1936-37 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1937-38 New York Rens Indep
1938-39 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
POST SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1938-39 Harlem Globetrotters WBT 1 0 1 1 1.000 1 1.0
Major League Totals 1 0 1 1 1.000 1 1.0

 

INMAN JACKSON

Inman Jackson was second only to Abe Saperstein in creating the phenomenon know as the Harlem Globetrotters. Jackson was the creative genius that transformed the Trotters from one of the dozens of traveling  basketball teams that dotted the Depressiom-era America into a team that became the most recognizable in the history of professional basketball. The team was organized in Chicago in 1926 as the all-black Savoy Big Five. Sports promoter Abe Saperstein acquired the team soon afterward.  In January of 1927, the team debuted in Hinckley, Illionois under the name New York Globetrotters. The name was changed in 1930 to Harlem Globetrotters. It was about this time that Trotters first experimented with intigrating comedy into their games. Jackson was the first to assume the role of “clown prince” on the team. The Globebetrooters  amassed an impressive record over the next decade playing against teams ranging from small town semi-professional teams to titantic battles against the top pro teams of the era, such as the Original Celtics and the Philadelphia Sphas. In 1939, the Trotters  participated in the first World Professional Basketball championship, losing to the  arch-rival New York Rens in the final game. The following year, the Globetrotters won the tournament. Inman was on the court as an integral part of the team from the very early years through the championship game in 1940 and on until his retirement as a player in 1945. Jackson remained with tHe Globetrotters’ organization in various capacities until death in 1975.

 

 

INMAN JACKSON Height: 6:03 Weight: 205 College: None
Inman William Jackson Born:  Mar 7, 1907 Died:  Apr 6, 1973 Hometown: Chicago, Ill.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG 5
1925-26 Chicago Giles American Legion Post Indep
1926-27 Chicago Giles American Legion Post Indep
1926-27 Chicago Savoy Big Five Indep
1927-28 Chicago Savoy Big Five Indep
1928-29 Chicago Savoy Big Five Indep
1929-30 Chicago Savoy Big Five Indep
1930-31 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1931-32 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1932-33 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1933-34 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1934-35 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1935-36 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1936-17 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1937-38 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1938-39 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1939-40 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1940-41 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1941-42 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1942-43 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1943-44 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1944-45 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
POST SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1938-39 Harlem Globetrotters WBT 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1939-40 Harlem Globetrotters WBT 4 0 0 3 .000 0 0.0
Major League Totals 6 0 0 3 .000 0 0

LARRY BLEACH

Larry Bleach was an outstanding all around athlete at New York Textile High School. In February of 1932, he led the school to the New York City high school basketball championship and just two months later, in April , he pitched the Textile squad to the NYC high school baseball championship.  Bleach was a four-year starter at the University of Detroit, serving as captain in his senior season. After graduating in 1937, Bleach joined the Detroit Police department where he served for over twenty-five years. Bleach played independent basketball in Detroit into the mid-1940’s. He also made occasional appearances with the New York Rens and the Harlem Globetrotters when they toured in the Midwest. In 1939, Bleach was the Trotters’ leading scorer in the World Professional Basketball Tournament in Chicago.

 

LARRY BLEACH Height: 5:11 Weight: 185 College: Detroit U.’37
Laurance Benjamin Bleach Jr. Born:  Jul 16, 1912 Died:  Mar 15, 1991 Hometown: New York, NY
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1932-33 Detroit (Frosh) College
1933-34 Detroit College 6.6
1934-35 Detroit College
1935-36 Detroit College
1936-37 Detroit College
1937-38 Detroit Brewsters Indep
1938-39 Detroit Great Lakes Big Five Indep
1938-39 Detroit Brown Bombers Indep
1938-39 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1939-40 Detroit Great Lakes Big Five Indep
1939-40 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1940-41 Detroit Great Lakes Big Five Indep
1941-42 Detroit Brown Bombers Indep
1942-43 Detroit Colored Trojans Indep
1942-43 New York Rens Indep
1943-44 Detroit Police Indep
POST SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1938-39 Harlem Globtrotters WBT 4 16 5 8 .625 37 9.3
Major League Totals 4 16 5 8 .625 37 9.3

HARRY RUSAN

HARRY RUSAN Height: 5:07 Weight: 140 College: Paul Quinn(Tx)
Harry A. Rusan Born:  Apr 1, 1910 Died: Nov 9, 1987 Hometown: Detroit, Mi.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1932-33 Detroit AA Indep
1933-34 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1934-35 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1935-36 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1936-37 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1937-38 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1938-39 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1939-40 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1940-41 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1941-42 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
PLAYOFF RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1938-39 Harlem Globetrotters WBT 4 10 2 4 .500 22 5.5
Major League Totals 4 10 2 4 .500 22 5.5

ZACK CLAYTON

Zack Clayton graduated in 1937 from Gratz High School in Philadelphia , where he starred in football, baseball and basketball. He attended Alabama State College and Temple University before dropping out for financial reasons.  Clayton played professional basketball for fifteen years. In the 1930’s and 1940’s, he played with the most famous black teams of the era, the Harlem Globetrotters and the New York Rens. He was a member of two World Professional Basketball  Tournament championship teams, in 1939 with the Rens and in 1943 with the Washington Bears. In the early 1940s, Clayton played professional baseball in the Negro Leagues alongside Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby and his high school teammate, Roy Campanella. Clayton refereed boxing matches for over 40 years.  In 1974, Clayton was the referee for the famed “Rumble in the Jungle”, the heavyweight championship bout between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire. Away from sports, Clayton worked as a Philadelphia city fireman, serving more than 30 years before retiring as a lieutenant in the 1970’s.

 

ZACK CLAYTON Height: 6:00 Weight: 195 College: Alabama State
Zackery Morris Clayton Born: Apr 17, 1918 Died:  Nov 20, 1997 Hometown: Philadelphia, Pa.
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1934-35 Chicago Crusaders Indep
1935-36 Philadelphia Palais Royal Big Five Indep
1935-36 Philadelphia Comandurs Indep
1935-36 New York Rens Indep
1935-36 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1936-37 Philadelphia Comanders Indep
1936-37 Philadelphia Giants Indep
1937-38 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1938-39 New York Rens Indep
1939-40 New York Rens Indep
1940-41 New York Rens Indep
1941-42 New York Rens Indep
1941-42 Philadelphia Toppers Indep
1942-43 Washington Bears Indep 25 52 18 122 4.9
1942-43 New York Rens Indep
1943-44 Washington Bears Indep 30 55 26 136 4.5
1943-44 New York Rens Indep
1943-44 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1944-45 Washington Bears Indep 8 17 3 37 4.6
1944-45 New York Rens Indep
1945-46 Harlem Globetrotters Indep
1945-46 Washington Bears Indep 2 2 2 6 3.0
1946-47 Washington Bears Indep 12 25 20 70 5.8
1946-47 New York Rens Indep
1946-47 Hazelton EBL 1 4 1 9 9.0
1947-48 Philadelphia EBL 25 72 46 190 7.6
1948-49 Worcester Table-Talk Indep
POST SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1938-39 New York Rens WBT 1 0 0 1 .000 0 0.0
1939-40 New York Rens WBT 2 1 2 2 1.000 4 2.0
1940-41 New York Rens WBT 4 9 1 1 1.000 19 4.8
1941-42 New York Rens WBT 2 2 2 5 .400 6 3.0
1942-43 Washington Bears WBT 3 6 8 8 1.000 20 6.7
1943-44 Harlem Globetrotters WBT 4 9 5 6 .833 23 5.8
1944-45 New York Rens WBT 4 19 13 15 .867 51 12.8
1946-47 New York Rens WBT 1 0 3 3 1.000 3 3.0
Major League Totals 21 46 34 41 .829 126 6.0

FATS JENKINS

 

Fats Jenkins was born in Harlem in 1898. He attended high school in Manhattan where he received great acclaim as a baseball and basketball star. As a teenager, Jenkins joined the St. Christopher Club, the most prominent black team in New York City. He also played for the New York Incorporators, the Commonwealth Big Five and the Loendi Big Five.  In 1924, Jenkins joined Bob Douglas’ New York Renaissance team. The Rens barnstormed up to 200 games a year. With the decline of the Original Celtics in the early 1930’s, the Rens became the premier professional basketball team in the country. Between 1931 and 1936, the team compiled an amazing 473-49 record. On a team known for its speed and quickness, Jenkins stood out. He was widely considered the fastest man in basketball and the heart of the Rens fast breaking style of basketball. He was also a relentless defender who excelled at stealing the ball. Throughout the thirties, Jenkins coached the team on the road for Douglas who often did not travel with team. In 1938-39, his final season as a Ren, the 41 year-old Jenkins helped the Rens,  long the uncrowned professional champions, finally formally capture the title at the initial World Professional Tournament in Chicago. The Rens were inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1963, but surprisingly Jenkins has not been honored as an individual for induction. Jenkins also starred in Negro League baseball for over twenty years including a long stint with the New York Black Yankees.

 

FATS JENKINS Height: 5:06 Weight: 160 College: None
Clarence Reginald Jenkins Born: Jan 10, 1898 Died: Dec 6, 1968 Hometown: New York, NY
Negro League Baseball REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1914-15 New York St.Christopher Indep
1915-16 New York St.Christopher Indep
1916-17 New York St.Christopher Indep
1917-18 New York St.Christopher Indep
1918-19 New York St.Christopher Indep
1919-20 New York St.Christopher Indep
1920-21 New York St.Christopher Indep
1921-22 New York Commonwealth Big Five Indep
1922-23 New York Commonwealth Big Five Indep
1923-24 New York Commonwealth Big Five Indep
1923-24 Pittsburgh Loendi Big Five Indep
1924-25 New York Rens Indep
1925-26 New York Rens Indep
1926-27 New York Rens Indep
1927-28 New York Rens Indep
1928-29 New York Rens Indep
1929-30 New York Rens Indep
1930-31 New York Rens Indep
1931-32 New York Rens Indep
1932-33 New York Rens Indep
1933-34 New York Rens Indep
1934-35 New York Rens Indep
1935-36 New York Rens Indep
1936-37 New York Rens Indep
1937-38 New York Rens Indep
1938-39 New York Rens Indep
1939-40 Chicago Crusaders Indep
POST SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS AVG
1938-39 New York Rens WBT 2 2 3 3 1.000 7 3.5
Major League Totals 2 2 3 3 1.000 7 3.5

 

 

 

PUGGY BELL

Puggy Bell was one of the most versatile players in professional basketball during his career that stretched over parts of three decades. Bell was a very strong player with a soft touch. He could rebound and play aggressively under the basket, but also had the speed and ball-handling skills to play outside when needed. Bell joined the New York Renaissance in the late 1930s. He appeared in the Chicago World Pro Tournament nine times and was named MVP in 1939, the year the Rens won the professional championship. Bell spent the war years with the Washington Bears and was instrumental in their capture of the 1943 World Pro Tournament title. He returned to the Rens after the war and finished out his career in the early 1950s playing minor league basketball. He was player-coach of Manchester, the 1952-53 American Basketball League champions.

 

PUGGY BELL Height: 6:01 Weight: 185 College: None
Clarence Randolph Bell Born:  Nov 26, 1914 Died:  Feb 19, 1985 Hometown: New York, NY
REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1938-39 New York Rens Indep
1939-40 New York Rens Indep
1940-41 New York Rens Indep
1941-42 New York Rens Indep
1942-43 New York Rens Indep
1942-43 Washington Bears Indep 23 75 32 182 7.9
1943-44 New York Rens Indep
1943-44 Washington Bears Indep 24 89 36 214 8.9
1944-45 New York Rens Indep
1944-45 Washington Bears Indep 7 29 17 75 10.7
1945-46 New York Rens Indep
1945-46 Washington Bears Indep 10 79 24 182 18.2
1945-46 Wilkes Barre PSL 8 10 7 27 3.4
1946-47 New York Rens Indep
1947-48 Sarasota NYSL 28 223 8.0
1947-48 Bridgeport ECBL 1 2 2 6 6.0
1948-49 Troy-Sarsota NYSL 17 151 8.9
1948-49 Bristol ECBL 2 14 8 36 18.0
1949-50 Bristol ECBL 19 134 7.1
1950-51 Bristol/Manchester ECBL 16 152 9.5
1950-51 Saratoga ABL 2 4 11 16 .688 3 19 9.5
1951-52 Glens Falls-Manchester ABL 20 93 46 232 11.6
1952-53 Saratoga-Manchester ABL 17 38 17 93 5.5
POST SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1938-39 New York Rens WBT 3 5 4 9 .444 14 4.7
1939-40 New York Rens WBT 2 10 4 4 1.000 24 12.0
1940-41 New York Rens WBT 4 14 4 6 .667 32 8.0
1941-42 New York Rens WBT 2 3 2 4 .500 8 4.0
1942-43 Washington Bears WBT 3 5 1 4 .250 11 3.7
1943-44 New York Rens WBT 4 13 8 14 .571 34 8.5
1944-45 New York Rens WBT 4 23 11 16 .688 57 14.3
1945-46 New York Rens WBT 2 4 2 3 .667 10 5.0
1946-47 New York Rens WBT 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1947-48 Saratoga NYSL 2 20 10.0
1947-48 Bridgeport ECBL
1948-49 Troy-Saratoga NYSL 17 151 8.9
1948-49 Bristol ECBL
1949-50 Brsitol ECBL 2 6 3 15 7.5
1950-51 Manchester ECBL 7 33 22 88 12.6
1951-52 Manchester ABL 1 4 2 10 10.0
1952-53 Manchester ABL 4 11 3 25 6.3
Major League Totals 25 77 36 60 .600 190 7.6

LEN BARNUM

 

LEN BARNUM Height: 6:00 Weight: 200 College: West Virginia Wesleyan’35
Leonard Warner Barnum Born: Sep 18, 1912        Died:  Nov 24, 1998 Hometown: Parkersburg, WV
Played Porfessional Football REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1933-34 Buckhannon Collegians AAU
1934-35 West Virgina Wesleyan College
1938-39 Clarksburg Oilers Indep
1939-40 Clarksburg Oilers Indep
1939-40 Parkerburg Indep
1940-41 Parkerburg Indep
1941-46 Military Service
POST SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1938-39 Clarksburg Oilers WBT 1 0 2 3 .667 2 2.0
. Major League Totals 1 0 2 3 .667 2 2.0

BUCK JAMISON

Clem  “Buck” Jamison was elected  to the Marshall University Sports Hall 0f Fame.

 

BUCK JAMISON Height: 5:11 Weight: 200 College: David&Elkins’34/Marshall’38
Clem Darise Jamison Born: May 19, 1914 Died: May 28, 1987 Hometown: Glenville, WV
REGULAR SEASON RECORDS
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1934-35 David&Elkins College
1936-37 Marshall College
1936-37 Marshall College
1937-38 Marshall College
1938-39 Clarksburg Oilers Indep
POST SEASON RECORD
Year Team League     GA  FGM  FTM   FTA  PCT.  AST  PTS   AVG
1938-39 Clarksburg Oilers WBT 1 1 1 2 .500 3 3.0
Major League Totals 1 1 1 2 .500 3 3.0