Globetrotter Meadowlark Lemon

SIERRA VISTA — While the basketball world was mourning the loss of Meadowlark Lemon on Monday, Sierra Vistans were saying their own goodbyes. To one of their own. — www.gvnews.com

Born April 25, 1932, in Wilmington, North Carolina, was famed Harlem Globe Trotters star Meadowlark Lemon. He has been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and was known as the "Clown Prince of Basketball." Meadowlark played with the Harlem Globetrotters from 1955-80, 1990, and 3 other teams. One of the most recognizable showmen of his era, Lemon's skills with the basketball were on par with his comedic timing and showmanship. What many don't know is that he was a Christian minister. Ordained in 1986, in 1994 he started Meadowlark Lemon Ministries in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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