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	Be Aware - Harlem Globetrotters
		Abe Saperstein was 24 years old when he decided to coach a new basketball team, which he called the 'Savoy Big Five' because at that time, they were able to play basketball games at the Chicago Savoy Ballroom.
		The name of the team changed to Saperstein's New York Globetrotters as they continued their tour, but in 1930 it became Harlem New York Globetrotters to signify that the players were all fl although none were from Harlem or New York.
		Abe's achievements were recognised in 1970 when he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.
	www.daintycrew.com /harlemglobetrotters.htm (1120 words)

	Abe Saperstein
		Abe Saperstein was founder, owner, and coach of the Harlem Globetrotters Basketball Team.
		They are undoubtedly the most famous sports organization in the world, with Abe labeled the "Barnum Of Basketball", and his Trotters known as "America's Number One Goodwill Ambassadors".
		Saperstein was also a pioneering entrepreneur in America's Negro Baseball League, and was a key figure in opening the way for Blacks into professional sports.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/saperstein.html (255 words)

	Abe Saperstein, founder (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 63 March 15 in History
		Abe Saperstein, founder (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 63 March 15 in History
		Abe Saperstein, founder (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 63
		The preserve of ambition and folly in pursuit of illusion, or delusion.
	www.brainyhistory.com /events/1966/march_15_1966_131202.html (45 words)

	harlem globetrotters
		Abe Saperstein’s parents left Whitechapel in the early 1900s looking for a new life and fortune in the New World, taking their four-year-old boy with them.
		Abe’s idea was that the team wouldn’t play the small leagues, with their limited market, but go out on the road, play one-off exhibition matches followed by a challenge match against a local amateur white team.
		And before his death in 1966, Abe returned to his native Whitechapel and, ever the showman, was photographed leaning on a Rolls Royce and toting his trademark Havana.
	www.eastlondonhistory.com /saperstein.htm (790 words)

	Abe Saperstein (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It was not until 1940 that the Trotters started showing a profit, and through those lean years, Saperstein was not only its coach, chauffer, and trainer, he was also the team's only substitute.
		All their clowning notwithstanding, the Globetrotters won the World Basketball Championship in 1940, giving substance to Saperstein's long-ignored claim that given the opportunity, they were among basketball's best.
		Saperstein was also a pioneering entrepreneur in America's Negro Baseball League and was a key figure in opening the way for African-Americans into professional sports.
	www.jewishsports.net /BioPages/AbeSaperstein.htm (281 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Saperstein, a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame and the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, was the creator, owner, and coach of the Harlem Globetrotters.
		Saperstein was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1973.
		In 1926, Saperstein was asked to coach the team, and the following year, he changed their name to the Globetrotters, bought a Model-T Ford from a funeral director and piled his players inside, to go on the road.
	www.jewsinsports.org /profile.asp?sport=basketball&ID=129 (375 words)

	Harlem Globetrotters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Created by Abe Saperstein in 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, the team adopted the name Harlem because of its connotations as a leading African-American community.
		That year, promoter Saperstein bought the team and re-named it the Harlem Globetrotters, after the most famous of all African American neighborhoods.
		The players were derisively accused of "Tomming for Abe", a reference to Uncle Tom and white owner Abe Saperstein.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harlem_Globetrotters (975 words)

	untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Five foot three Abe Saperstein's prize possession were the tall and lanky Harlem Globetrotters, a barnstorming basketball team out of New York; their play based around trickster-like antics.
		Saperstein, one of the richest men in fl baseball, earned the respect of his players by paying them on time and in full, a rarity for many teams.
		Abe Saperstein was a unique owner who transcended the bounds of professional sports.
	northbysouth.kenyon.edu /2000/baseball/Saperstein.htm (400 words)

	Plenty of gray area
		Though on the whole the book applauds Saperstein and his players for what they accomplished and suffered, Green does not deny their flaws and contradictions.
		It was from quotes attributed to Abe in interviews and conversations with white writers and with his players.
		Saperstein, a former 5-3 point guard, was hired at age 23 to be the team's booking agent because he already was experienced in booking games for fl baseball barnstormers and, Hudson said, ''because he has a white face.''
	www.suntimes.com /output/basketball/cst-spt-trotter28.html (1445 words)

	Abe Saperstein -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Abe M. Saperstein (July 4, 1902–March 15, 1966) was the creator of the (additional info and facts about Savoy Big Five) Savoy Big Five, which later became the (additional info and facts about Harlem Globetrotters) Harlem Globetrotters.
		Born in London, England, he was elected to the (additional info and facts about Basketball Hall of Fame) Basketball Hall of Fame in 1970.
		He was buried in the Westlawn Cemetery in (additional info and facts about Chicago, Illinois) Chicago, Illinois.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ab/abe_saperstein.htm (108 words)

	Harlem Globetrotters - Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Abe Saperstein, age 24, organizes and coaches a new basketball team, "Savoy Big Five," named after famous Chicago's Savoy Ballroom.
		The Savoy agreed to sponsor Saperstein's team and thus the "Savoy Big Five" was born.
		Saperstein would later add his family name to the jersey thereafter, "Saperstein's New York Globetrotters." The Globetrotters traveled on-the-road packed into Saperstein's Model "T" Ford.
	www.harlemglobetrotters.com /history/tl_1920s.html (237 words)

	History of the American Basketball League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Saperstein installed himself as the league's commissioner, setting up a conflict of interests which would the tarnish the league's leagues credibility, as would his involvement in the ownership structure of other ABL franchises.
		Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton, a member of Saperstein's Globetrotters and a former New York Knick, returned to play for Chicago, and former Syracuse and Fort Wayne star George Yardley signed with Los Angeles.
		Saperstein's Globetrotters were being scheduled on many occasions in an opening game in an effort to boost attendance.
	members.aol.com /apbrhoops/ablhist.html (764 words)

	Harlem Globetrotters \| Chicago Stories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Saperstein would book a few games so that you had sort of a skeleton idea of where you were going and who you were playing.
		Abe had told me a great deal of how the teams were treated in the early days in the United States.
		But the Harlem part of it came as a result of Abe Saperstein having a good business mind, realized that saying Chicago would not be as attractive as saying Harlem.
	www.wttw.com /chicagostories/harlemglobquo.html (2661 words)

	Abe Osheroff - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Abe Osheroff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Abe Osheroff - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Abe Osheroff.
		Abe Osheroff is an American social activist, war veteran, documentary filmmaker and lecturer.
		After the bombing of Guernica by the Luftwaffe, he joined the Abraham Lincoln Brigade and fought on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Abe-Osheroff.html (171 words)

	Sports Central \| Sports Articles and Columns \| Other \| Review: Globetrotters in "Spinning the Globe"
		Running the team while living downstairs in his parents' home, Saperstein conceived of gimmicks such as touting the Globetrotters as grads of college basketball powers, and associating the club with the African-American cultural capital, Harlem.
		Saperstein and his men stood atop the world, a world they introduced the game to via world tours which began in 1950.
		Players sound off on Saperstein's business practices, Wilt Chamberlain's stint with the club, and the dubious role of playing the court clown to the largely white audiences the domestic version of the team entertained (in their peak years, international and domestic units played separate tours).
	www.sports-central.org /sports/2005/05/30/review_globetrotters_in_spinning_the_globe.php (675 words)

	Sports Junkie by Irv Lippel Quick Take
		It was Saperstein with his Chicago-based Harlem Globetrotters that captured the nation’s and eventually even the entire world’s imagination.
		Abe’s pioneering team, with its boatload of charismatic stars such as "Goose" Tatum, Marques Haynes and Meadowlark Lemon, and its unique blend of basketball skill with comic routine and pure entertainment, spread American basketball to all corners of the globe and across decades of time.
		Saperstein began his fairy-tale career by managing local semi-pro outfits in Chicago, and out of these grew first his Savoy Big Five team, and later his Harlem Globetrotters, who played their first road game in Hinckley, Ill. in 1927.
	www.theacorn.com /News/2002/1121/Sports/089.html (629 words)

	Jazz/Jerry Jazz Musician/"Spinning the Globe: The Rise, Fall, and Return to Greatness of the Harlem Globetrotters" ...
		Saperstein always looked ahead, and a key to his survival was his relationship-building skills -- not just with the people he booked games with and who his team played against, but also with the sportswriters, who were key in building interest for the game at the local level.
		Saperstein played up the minstrel, Stepin' Fetchit image of the Globetrotters as a way to, in his view, give them an angle that differentiated them from other basketball teams.
		While Saperstein played with the Globetrotters off and on as a substitute during the early years, Karstens was the first full-time white Globetrotter.
	www.jerryjazzmusician.com /mainHTML.cfm?page=bengreen.html (9028 words)

	Abe Lemons - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Abe Lemons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Abe Lemons - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Abe Lemons.
		Abe Lemons (November 21, 1922 - September 2, 2002) was one of the most successful head basketball coaches in Oklahoma history.
		At Oklahoma City University, Lemons excelled as a player and coach in basketball for more than 40 years.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Abe-Lemons.html (526 words)

	bc Magazine, Asia's Entertainment Magazine_sport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		When Abe Saperstein first formed the team in 1926, they were known as the Savoy Big Five and were employed to get people dancing in Chicago's Savoy Ballroom.
		That too changed in 1930 when Saperstein wanted to indicate that the team was all fl - the team became the Harlem Globetrotters, but it was not until 1968 before they played in their final namesake.
		Saperstein gave the OK to continue as long as they were winning comfortably.
	hk.bcmagazine.net /cgi-bin/output.cgi?issue=190&&id=19 (1288 words)

	P.O.V. - Hardwood . History of the Harlem Globetrotters \| PBS
		Founded in 1926 in Chicago by a 24 year-old named Abe Saperstein, the original team was called the "Savoy Big Five," named after Chicago's famous Savoy Ballroom, where they played many of their early games.
		Eventually their name evolved from "Savoy Big Five" to "Saperstein's New York Globetrotters" to the "Harlem New York Globetrotters" and finally just the "Harlem Globetrotters," all in an effort to make it clear that they were an all-fl team that traveled the world.
		Saperstein acted as owner, manager, coach, publicity agent and even substitute for the team.
	www.pbs.org /pov/pov2005/hardwood/special_overview.html (984 words)

	Harlem Globetrotters UK tour 2006
		Saperstein organizes basketball's first-ever trip across the North Atlantic, visiting Portugal, Switzerland, England, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Morocco, and Algeria.
		Saperstein contacts his friend, the basketball expert Louis "Red" Klotz, to develop a team to oppose the Globetrotters.
		1970 Abe Saperstein was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, a town where the sport was created by Dr. James Naismith.
	www.harlemglobetrotters.co.uk /history.php (1908 words)

	harglobe
		The team’s founder, Abe Saperstein, was born in London, England on July 4, 1903 and spent his childhood years in a working class section of Chicago.
		Saperstein took on the management of the squad when it became apparent that a white man would have an easier time booking games outside of Chicago.
		The team’s famed moniker arose out of Saperstein’s realization that there was room for another fl team to compete with what was perhaps the most talented unit in the nation, the Harlem Rens.
	www.shsu.edu /~lis_fwh/harglobe.html (861 words)

	Minneapolis Lakers vs. Harlem Globetrotters
		Saperstein was obsessed with New York (to the point that he eventually rented an office in the Empire State Building just to have a New York address).
		In addition to managing and coaching the Globetrotters, Saperstein wore a uniform under his overcoat during games and was the team’s lone substitute.
		This was the setting when Saperstein and Lakers’ general manager Max Winter agreed to a game to be played at Chicago Stadium on February 19, 1948.
	stewthornley.net /mplslakers_trotters.html (1567 words)

	Harlem Globetrotters Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In 1926, by Hall of Famer Abe Saperstein.
		After the game, Saperstein informed his players that it was OK to add more clowning in the games, but only when they had established a safe lead on the scoreboard.
		Later that year, promoter Abe Saperstein (Hall of Fame, 1971) bought the team and re-named it the Harlem Globetrotters.
	www.hoophall.com /halloffamers/harlem_globetrotters.htm (1217 words)

	ESPN.com: GEN - Abe Saperstein
		Abe Saperstein's name might not be well-known, but his creation is a household name -- The Harlem Globetrotters.
		Since fl players were barred from professional basketball, Saperstein always had his pick of the best fl players for his team.
		When the NBA began to integrate, Saperstein, afraid of losing the top-notch fl players, decided the Trotters would become entertainment oriented.
	espn.go.com /gen/s/bhm2001/abesaperstein.html (181 words)

	BirminghamSports
		The president of the SSL is Jerry Saperstein, the son of the Harlem Globetrotters founder Abe Saperstein.
		Saperstein said, "What it boils down to is that some of the teams were ready to play and others weren't, and you can't start a league on that basis.
		Saperstein said, "As for the position of the league at this time, we're going ahead as we planned.
	www.birminghamprosports.com /otherteamsbandits.htm (1719 words)

	ipedia.com: Harlem Globetrotters Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Created by Abe Saperstein in 1927 in the United States, over the years, they have toured more than 100 countries putting on exhibition games, mostly against hopeless opposition like the Washington Generals (until 1995) and the New York Nationals (1995-present) and played over 20,000 games.
		The Globetrotters started in the Negro American Legion League as the "Giles Post," and in 1927 turned professional as the "Savoy Big Five." That year, promoter Saperstein bought the team and re-named it the Harlem Globetrotters, after the most famous of all African American neighborhoods.
		Up until the late 1930s, the Globetrotters were a serious competitive team, but they gradually worked comic routines into their act until they became known more for entertainment than sports.
	www.ipedia.com /harlem_globetrotters.html (285 words)

	The Big Apple: Harlem Globetrotters
		CHICAGO, March 15 (UPI) – Abe Saperstein, the basketball entrepreneur who built the Harlem Globetrotters into one of the world’s best-known road shows, died tonight in Weiss Memorial Hospital of a heart attack.
		Abe Saperstein was born in London and came to the United States as a boy with his nine brothers and sisters.
		Saperstein recalled many years later, discussing the team’s name, “because, well, because Harlem was to the fellows what Jerusalem is to us.
	www.barrypopik.com /article/405/harlem-globetrotters (806 words)

	Harlem Globetrotters - Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		To help counteract the impact of a giant communist youth rally in then called East Germany, the United States' State Department contacts Abe Saperstein and asks the Globetrotters to play a game in the Allied section of Berlin.
		Following the success of their first motion picture, a second one was developed about Saperstein and his team, in the United Artist release of "Go Man Go!" The film starred Dane Clark as Abe Saperstein and Sidney Poitier as an assistant coach.
		Abe Saperstein signs Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain to a contract in 1958.
	www.harlemglobetrotters.com /history/tl_1950s.html (1384 words)

	Abe Saperstein Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Although small in stature at a mere five-foot-three, Abe Saperstein's contributions to basketball were enormous.
		A masterful promoter and shrewd businessman with a keen sense of entertainment, Saperstein's founding of the Harlem Globetrotters brought a wonderful level of comedy and amusement to basketball.
		In 1926, Saperstein was asked to coach the team.
	www.hoophall.com /halloffamers/SapersteinAbe.htm (423 words)

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