Everything about Meadowlark Lemon totally explained
George "Meadowlark" Lemon (born
April 25,
1932) is an
American basketball player and actor. Lemon was known, for 22 years, as the "Clown Prince" of the touring
Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. He was born in
Wilmington,
North Carolina,
US.
Basketball career
Lemon played in 94 countries, before various diplomats, world leaders, royalty, celebrities, and the paying public in general. Over his career he played in more than 16,000 games for the Globetrotters.
He first applied to the Globetrotters in
1954, finally being chosen to play in
1955. In
1980, he left to form one of his multiple other Globetrotters imitators, the
Bucketeers. He played with that team until
1983, then moved on to play with the
Shooting Stars from
1984 to
1987. In
1988, he moved on to his
Meadowlark Lemon's Harlem All Stars team, for which he plays currently. Despite being with his own touring team, Lemon returned to the Globetrotters, playing 50 games with them in
1994.
In 2000, Lemon received the
John Bunn Award, the highest honor given by the
Basketball Hall of Fame outside of induction. In
2003, he was inducted into the
Basketball Hall of Fame.
Television
Lemon played Meadowlark, the owner of a sports store, on the
NBC television sitcom
Hello, Larry. He was on the show for the second and final season, from 1979–1980.
Personal life
Lemon is married to Cynthia Lemon, a doctor of
naturopathy. A
born-again Christian, Lemon became an ordained minister in 1986 and received a
Doctor of Divinity degree from
Vision International University in
Ramona,
California, in 1988. He resides in
Scottsdale,
Arizona, where his Meadowlark Lemon Ministries maintains an office.
Quotes
- "I wanted to be the best comedic basketball player of all time."
- "You can be anything that you can imagine."
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