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    Abraham Michael Saperstein (Yiddish: אברהם מיכאל סאפערשטיין; July 4, 1902 – March 15, 1966) was the founder, owner and earliest coach of the Harlem Globetrotters...
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  • Division semifinals. Abe Saperstein, owner of the famed Harlem Globetrotters, bought the Stags in June 1950. In August, Saperstein announced that the team...
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  • Saperstein ( compound Of Hebrew sapir "sapphire" + German Stein "stone".) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Abe Saperstein (1902–1966)...
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    southern Illinois that spring. Abe Saperstein became involved with the team as its manager and promoter. By 1929, Saperstein was touring Illinois and Iowa...
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  • Harlem Globetrotters team, under the guidance of their owner and coach, Abe Saperstein. As Ned Irish, a New York Knicks executive, and their coach, Joe Lapchick...
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  • on February 19, 1948, was hatched by Globetrotters owner and coach Abe Saperstein and Lakers general manager Max Winter, two friends who both believed...
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  • Patricia Breslin, The Harlem Globetrotters and Slim Gaillard. Clark plays Abe Saperstein, the organizer of the Globetrotters. Poitier's character is Inman Jackson...
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  • were a Negro league baseball team from Seattle, Washington. Owned by Abe Saperstein, they were also known as the Harlem Globetrotters and Cincinnati Crescents...
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  • became one of the Globetrotters' exhibition rivals. Globetrotters owner Abe Saperstein had invited Klotz to create a squad to accompany his team on their tours...
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  • as the sepia Leslie Caron, was managed by Harlem Globetrotters owner Abe Saperstein. In 1956, James made her Broadway debut opposite of Sammy Davis Jr....
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    non-black player on the Harlem Globetrotters' roster. First was owner Abe Saperstein as a substitute in the team's first year. Second was Rob Nichol a Canadian...
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    Haynes led Langston to a 4-point win, catching the eye of team owner Abe Saperstein in the process. He was invited to join the Globetrotters, and, after...
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  • was segregated. The WCNBA was organized as a minor league in 1946 by Abe Saperstein and Jesse Owens as a means to provide the west coast with a platform...
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  • developer Abe Saperstein (1908–1966), UK-born American founder and owner of the Harlem Globetrotters Abe Sarkis (1913–1991), American mobster Abe Schwartz...
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  • an African American team. He became one of the original members of Abe Saperstein's Harlem Globetrotters in 1929 and was among the team's biggest stars...
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    Chicago and opened his own public relations agency. In 1946, Owens joined Abe Saperstein in the formation of the West Coast Negro Baseball League, a new Negro...
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  • Stockholm and wants to maintain a clean reputation to all athletes. Abe Saperstein explains how Owens inspired the creation of the Harlem Globetrotters...
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    Teacher Bernard Cooper Apparition Warden White 2021 Injustice The Joker / Jonathan Kent (voice) 2023 Sweetwater Abe Saperstein 2024 Goodrich Post-production...
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    Air Forces during World War II. Harlem Globetrotters owner and coach Abe Saperstein signed Tatum in 1942. Tatum was released by the Globetrotters in 1955...
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    member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1977 to 1983. Abe Saperstein (1902-1966), founder, coach and owner of the Harlem Globetrotters. He...
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  • Three were associated with the Harlem Globetrotters, inducted in 2002. Abe Saperstein, inducted in 1971, was the team's founder and owner. Kennedy, although...
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    The Gambler and the Lady (1952) – Jim Forster Go, Man, Go! (1954) – Abe Saperstein Murder by Proxy (aka Blackout) (1954) – Casey Morrow Five Days (aka...
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  • Little Caesar (singer) (1928-1994; birth name Harry Caesar) U.S. singer Abe Saperstein (1902–1966), nicknamed "Little Caesar", founder of the Harlem Globetrotters...
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    that Globetrotters owner Abe Saperstein would only discuss the matter with USF Coach Woolpert, and not Russell. While Saperstein spoke to Woolpert in a...
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  • Thomas Gomez as Coach Abe Saperstein Bill Walker as Prof. Turner Dorothy Dandridge as Ann Carpenter Angela Clarke as Sylvia Saperstein Peter M. Thompson as...
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  • reversed. He died awaiting a new trial, still legally presumed innocent.) Abe Saperstein, creator of the Savoy Big Five, precursor of the Harlem Globetrotters...
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  • organized baseball was segregated. The NML was organized in 1942 by Abe Saperstein and Syd Pollock after disagreements with owners in the Negro American...
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    2012, founder Reshma Saujani (BA) Harlem Globetrotters, 1926, founder Abe Saperstein National Football League, 1920, co-founder George Halas Mozilla Corporation...
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    of the standard 12. The American Basketball League was formed when Abe Saperstein did not get the Los Angeles National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise...
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    to the new professional ABL in 1961; the new circuit was founded by Abe Saperstein, owner of the Harlem Globetrotters. The league and its teams experienced...
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