Meadowlark Lemon Death
Meadowlark passed away on December 27, 2015 at the age of 83 in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States.
When did Meadowlark Lemon die?
December 27, 2015How old was Meadowlark Lemon when died?
83Where did Meadowlark Lemon die? What was the location of death?
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Meadowlark Lemon Birthday and Date of Death
Meadowlark Lemon was born on April 25, 1932 and died on December 27, 2015. Meadowlark was 83 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: April 25, 1932
Date of Death: December 27, 2015
Age at Death: 83
Meadowlark Lemon - Biography
George "Meadowlark" Lemon III (April 25, 1932 – December 27, 2015) was an American basketball player, actor, and Christian minister. For 22 years, he was known as the "Clown Prince" of the touring Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. He played in more than 16,000 games for the Globetrotters and was a 2003 inductee of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. When basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain was asked his opinion on the best player of all time, he responded, "For me it would be Meadowlark Lemon."
Lemon made his first basketball hoop out of an onion sack and coat hanger, using an empty Carnation milk can to sink his first 2-point hoop.
Lemon first applied to the Globetrotters in 1954 at age 22, finally being chosen to play in 1955. In 1980, he left to form one of his Globetrotters imitators, the Bucketeers. He played with that team until 1983, then moved on to play with the Shooting Stars from 1984 to 1987. In 1988, he moved on to "Meadowlark Lemon's Harlem All Stars" team. Despite being with his own touring team, Lemon returned to the Globetrotters, playing 50 games with them in 1994.
In 2000, Lemon received the John Bunn Award, the highest honor given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame outside induction. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003.
Lemon had 10 children: Richard, George, Beverly, Donna, Robin, Jonathan, Jamison, Angela, Crystal, and Caleb.
