Harlem Wizards
Harlem Wizards | ||||
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Moonachie, NJ | ||||
Team colors | Purple, Red, Gold | |||
President | Todd Davis | |||
Ownership | Todd Davis | |||
Website | www | |||
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The Harlem Wizards is a professional basketball team created in 1962 by sports promoter Howie Davis. Unlike most basketball teams, the Harlem Wizards are not primarily focused on winning games. Instead, their aim is to entertain the crowd using a variety of basketball tricks and alley oops. They perform fundraisers at local schools for the students and the rest of the community, displaying their fancy trickery through dribbling, passing, shooting, and dunking. Through these fundraisers, they have raised millions of dollars for "charitable organizations, schools, and foundations around the world." The audience is not only there to watch the Wizards, but also to participate in the show. The Wizards get the crowd involved, often bringing children out onto the floor to be part of a basketball trick or a comedy act.[1]
The Wizards are a comedy basketball team that tour the country.
History
According to harlemwizards.com, in 1943, Harlem Wizards creator
Before Davis got into
In 1962, Davis created the Wizards, wanting to expand on Saperstein's idea of the Globetrotters. Davis wanted the Wizards to be an even more competitive, creative, and entertaining team than the Globetrotters.[2]
When Howie Davis died in 1992, his son, Todd Davis, took over as the President of the Harlem Wizards organization.[5]
Since 1962, the Wizards have played over 10,000 games, both in the
Current[when?] roster
Former players
- Tiny Archibald
- Frankie Bradshaw
- Tom "Sundance Kid" Chapin
- Larry "Butterfly" Cheatham
- Hollis Copeland
- Mario Elie
- Dewyn "Air Revolution" Erwin
- Connie Hawkins
- Guy Hughes
- Ollie Lee Ledbetter
- Clarence "Mugsy" Leggett
- Ken "Blenda" Rodriguez
- Ralph " Rubber Legs" Sheets
- Mike Simmel
- Ed "Czar" Simmons
- Frank "Shake & Bake" Streety
- Vincent White
- James "Speedy" Williams
- Hawthorne Wingo
- James "Peanuts" Woolard
- Sam Worthen
- "Headache"
- "The Main Event"
- Earl “Early” Christy
- Lawrence "LaLa" Gable
- Buffy "Mr Magic" Coleman
- Javon "Dynamite" Jones
- Claude "Tojo" Henderson
- Luis Da Silva "Trikz"
References
- ^ a b "About the Harlem Wizards". 2005-2010 Harlem Wizards. 2010. Retrieved Dec 11, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e "Harlem Wizards History". 2005-2010 Harlem Wizards. 2010. Retrieved Dec 11, 2010.
- ^ "Globetrotters' Winning Streak Halted At 24 (years)". 1995. Archived from the original on February 15, 2018. Retrieved Feb 13, 2018.
- ^ "About Howie Davis". 2005-2010 Harlem Wizards. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-12-16. Retrieved Dec 10, 2010.
- ^ "About Todd Davis". 2005-2010 Harlem Wizards. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-12-16. Retrieved Dec 11, 2010.
- ^ "The Harlem Wizards". 2007-2010 Wellsville Elementary School. Dec 11, 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved Dec 11, 2010.
- ^ "The Harlem Wizards: Team 2017". 2005-2010 Harlem Wizards. 2010. Retrieved Dec 10, 2010.
External links
- http://www.harlemwizards.com/ - Harlem Wizards website.