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Old 12-29-2022, 10:52pm   #1
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Saw them yesterday afternoon.
SIL took grandsons last night.
10 yr old was very UN-impressed.
I still talk about when by dad took me to see them when I was about 10 yrs old.
They did a nice tribute to Curley Neal, Meadowlark, Goose, et.al.
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Old 12-29-2022, 11:20pm   #2
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They were good many years ago.
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Old 12-29-2022, 11:28pm   #3
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Saw them when those guys were playing. I was maybe 14-15 so 40 yrs ago +- was great entertainment as a kid. A talented bunch
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They were funny back then because we didn't know that blacks doing slapstick humor is demeaning, or so they say.

They probably can't even show a 70's HG game on TV because there would be a total meltdown.
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Here are the Trotters I remember. Saw them a few times growing up.
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They were good many years ago.
I’ll bet Bob Gibson was still playing with them when you saw them old man.
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I heard they went through Dayton; is that where you saw them?
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I heard they went through Dayton; is that where you saw them?
Columbus @ The Schottenstein Center - OSU Campus.
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The HG were iconic, not sure about today, as very hard to replace the legends, as Curly and Meadowlark were great characters.
As a kid I watched them everytime I could on TV, always most entertaining.

LITTLE KNOWN GLOBETROTTER TRIVIA:
Wilt Chamberlain was a Globetrotter for 1958-1959, which would have been his senior year at Kansas, but he opted out.
NBA at that time only allowed players whose graduating class was completed.
He was paid $50K, and in 2000 the Globetrotters retired his number 13.

Good read, Globetrotters and Wilt in Moscow 1959:https://bock-schroeder.com/wilt-cham...tter-in-moscow
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But, were your tickets free?
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Here are the Trotters I remember. Saw them a few times growing up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsDfsdbbkJc
That's where I saw them too, on Wide World of Sports. Never got to see them live. It was an entertaining show!
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I think they would be fun to watch. Never seen them.
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I saw them when I was a kid .
Also saw Eddie Fiegner AKA "The King and His Court ". He could do things with a softball that was amazing !!
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I saw then a couple time many years ago. They went a long way in making friends among the races!
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I saw them when I was a kid .
Also saw Eddie Fiegner AKA "The King and His Court ". He could do things with a softball that was amazing !!
Another blast from the past.
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I saw then a couple time many years ago. They went a long way in making friends among the races!
This. I saw them in the 60's with my grandmother. She took me to several events, about once/ year, to Boston Garden, and always got great seats. The 'Trotters were great entertainers, talented athletes, but above all perfect gentleman.
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I never cared for them.

As a kid when they came on TV, wide world of sports or something, I’d have to get up and change the channel.
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Also saw Eddie Fiegner AKA "The King and His Court ". He could do things with a softball that was amazing !!
Striking folks out from second base was great
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First time I saw them in 1966 at the Phila Civic Center ( even before the Spectrum )

Nice , relatively small venue so even second level seats were still close.
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