Marques Haynes

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Marques O. Haynes (born October 3, 1926 in Sand Springs , Oklahoma , † May 22, 2015 in Plano , Texas ) was an American basketball player for the Harlem Globetrotters from 1946 to 1953 and after Saperstein's death from 1972 to 1979 , 83 m tall Haynes was a playmaker and was considered one of the most dribbling players of his generation. In 1998 he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player .

biography

Marques Haynes played basketball at Sand Springs Booker T. Washington High School and won the 1941 National Invitational Interscholastic Basketball Tournament in Tuskegee, AL against Seminole Booker T. Washington High School (every African-American high school in Oklahoma was after Booker T. Washington named).

Haynes joined the Trotters in 1946. Since black players like Haynes were spurned for racist reasons in the National Basketball Association at the time, the Trotters were the only realistic chance for African Americans to make a living from basketball in the days of racial segregation alongside the New York Renaissance . He amazed the audience with his enormous dribbling strength, with which he could easily prevail against up to three opponents: It was measured that Haynes could bounce the ball up to 6 times per second on the floor. Together with other Trotters like Reece Tatum, Meadowlark Lemon and Elmer Robinson, Haynes popularized the team and toured first through the US and later around the world.

Haynes also played in the legendary show match in 1948 against the Minneapolis Lakers of NBA superstar George Mikan , who were then considered unbeatable. Seconds before the end it was 59-59, until Haynes gave an assist to Elmer Robinson and he netted with the final horn for the 61-59 victory. The all-black Trotters sensationally beat the all-white Lakers with 61-59, proving that African Americans had the same talent as white Americans. Thus, Haynes contributed to the fact that in 1950 segregation in the NBA was lifted.

Haynes has played in more than 12,000 games, traveled four million miles in 97 states, and still played when he was 60. He is considered one of the greatest Trotters of all time, and as a thank you the Trotters never give away his jersey number 20 again.

credentials

  • Harlem Globetrotter - The team that changed the world . DVD (Warner Home Video).

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Individual evidence

  1. (AP): Marques Haynes, Globetrotters great and Sand Springs native, dies at 89. The Sand Springs native was hailed for his dribbling ability. From: Sand Springs Leader Web Site; Tulsa, OK, May 23, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2018 (in English).
  2. ^ Ron Thomas: They cleared the Lane. From: They cleared the Lane. The NBA's Black Pioneers. Lincoln / London 2001: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9780803245280 , quoted from: HoopsHype website; May 4, 2004. Retrieved in archived form on February 23, 2018.
  3. ^ Robert Pruter: The National Interscholastic Basketball Tournament. The Crown Jewel of African American High School Sports during the Era of Segregation. in: Separate Games. African American Sport behind the Walls of Segregation. edited by David K. Wiggins and Ryan A. Swanson. Fayetteville, 2016: The University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 978-1-68226-017-3 (page 78, in English).
  4. Mark Kreidler: In a league of their own. On: ESPN website; Burbank, CA, February 27, updated April 16, year of publication unknown. Retrieved February 22, 2018 (in English).