2006-12-03 22:06:43 · 18 answers · asked by frank s 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
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The original team was called the "Savoy Big Five," named after Chicago's famous Savoy Ballroom, where they played many of their early games.
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2006-12-04 00:51:33 · answer #1 · answered by Swirly 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
( Chicago ) The Savoy Big Five was the early version of the Harlem Globetrotters. This basketball team was created by Abe Saperstein in Chicago, 1926. It was named after Chicago's Savoy Theatre which sponsored Saperstein in return for naming the team the "Savoy Big Five" to help bring in people so they could dance after the game. The team's players were William Grant, Lester Johnson, Tommy Brookings, Inman Jackson, Joe Lillard, Walter Wright, Randolph Ramsey, and William Watson.
The team didn't bring much attention to the Savoy Theatre and the sponorship fell through. However, Saperstein continued to promote the team under that name until he changed it to Saperstein's New York Globetrotters in 1927.
2006-12-04 22:48:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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The Savoy Big Five was the early version of the Harlem Globetrotters. This basketball team was created by Abe Saperstein in Chicago, 1926. It was named after Chicago's Savoy Theatre which sponsored Saperstein in return for naming the team the "Savoy Big Five" to help bring in people so they could dance after the game. The team's players were William Grant, Lester Johnson, Tommy Brookings, Inman Jackson, Joe Lillard, Walter Wright, Randolph Ramsey, and William Watson.
The team didn't bring much attention to the Savoy Theatre and the sponorship fell through. However, Saperstein continued to promote the team under that name until he changed it to Saperstein's New York Globetrotters in 1927.
2006-12-04 15:31:04 · answer #3 · answered by Country Boy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
`Chicago`: At age 24, Saperstein organizes and coaches a new basketball team, "Savoy Big Five," named after famous Chicago's Savoy Ballroom. The ballroom was designed after the New York version with the same name. The "Savoy Big Five" consisted of Tommy Brookings, William Grant, Inman Jackson, Lester Johnson, Joe Lillard, Randolph Ramsey, Walter Wright, and William Watson. Jackson, Johnson, and Wright formed the nucleus of the first Globetrotters team.
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