How Chicago's Abe Saperstein created the Globetrotters
2 天之前 · Monica Eng. Book cover: Courtesy of Rowman & Littlefield. The original Harlem Globetrotters came not from Harlem but from the South Side, led by Abe Saperstein, a 5' 3" Chicago promoter with big ideas that would shape American sports for decades. Why it matters: Writers Mark and Matthew Jacob tell Saperstein's story in riveting historical ...
How Chicago's Abe Saperstein created the Globetrotters - MSN
The original Harlem Globetrotters came not from Harlem but from the South Side, led by Abe Saperstein, a 5' 3" Chicago promoter with big ideas that would shape American sports for decades. Why it ...
How Harlem Globetrotters founder Abe Saperstein shaped …
4 天之前 · Abe Saperstein, owner-coach of the Harlem Globetrotters, points to a map in New York, showing the planned route of the team’s tour with an all-star squad of college players in New York, January ...
New Book Dives Into the Chicago History of the Harlem Globetrotters …
6 天之前 · The Harlem Globetrotters may have a New York name, but they’re a Chicago team. The players and founder Abe Saperstein disrupted the game of basketball and gave it a whole new look when they were founded in the 1920s. A new …
Abe Saperstein - Wikipedia
Abraham Michael Saperstein (Yiddish: אברהם מיכאל סאפערשטיין; July 4, 1902 – March 15, 1966) was the founder, owner and earliest coach of the Harlem Globetrotters. Saperstein was a leading figure in black basketball and baseball from the 1920s through the 1950s, primarily before those sports were racially integrated.
Column: New book explores the life of Abe Saperstein, the …
2024年10月9日 · Short in physical stature but a giant in his time, Abe Saperstein created in Chicago that international sensation called the Harlem Globetrotters. That remains his most notable and...
Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook Up the World of Sports - C-SPAN.org
2024年9月7日 · Festival. Former Chicago Tribune metro editor Marc Jacob discussed his biography of Abe Saperstein, a Jewish immigrant from the South Side of Chicago who founded the Harlem Globetrotters in the ...
'Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook Up the World of Sports'
2024年10月6日 · How did he create the Harlem Globetrotters? It’s a long story, but the short version is that Black players and coaches on Chicago’s South Side hired Saperstein to arrange barnstorming games for them with white teams in neighboring states.
How Harlem Globetrotters founder Abe Saperstein shaped …
2024年10月3日 · A new biography highlights Jewish sports pioneer Abe Saperstein, founder of the Harlem Globetrotters, and his influence on basketball's global rise, including introducing the three-point...
The Harlem Globetrotters started in Chicago, not New York
2024年10月14日 · Abe Saperstein, a Jewish immigrant to Chicago from London, created the Harlem Globetrotters and had a major impact on basketball and baseball.