Babe Pressley

Babe Pressley
Personal information
Born (1916-09-21)September 21, 1916
Died September 15, 1965(1965-09-15) (aged 48)
Cleveland, Ohio
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight 195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school Central (Cleveland, Ohio)
Position Guard
Career history
1936 Cleveland Penzoil
1936–1939 Jesse Owens Collegians
1937–1942 Harlem Globetrotters
1942–1943 New York Rens
1943 Chicago Studebaker Flyers
1943 Cleveland Buckeyes
1943–1954 Harlem Globetrotters
1945–1946 Chicago Monarchs

Louis "Babe" Pressley was an American professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball League for the Chicago Studebaker Flyers.[1] He was also a long-time player for the Harlem Globetrotters.[2][3] Pressley signed with the Globetrotters in 1937 until 1958.[4] Pressley was key in double teaming George Mikan, when the Globetrotters beat the Lakers.[5] He was inducted into the Cleveland Hall of Fame in 1976.[4] Pressley was recognized as an athletic great in an article concerning Abe Saperstein.[6]

References

  1. "Babe Pressley NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  2. "Babe Pressley". Peach Basket Society. Blogspot. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  3. "The All-Time Roster of the World Famous Harlem Globetrotters". harlemglobetrotters.com. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Pressley, Louis (Babe) - Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame". clevelandsportshall.com. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  5. Chicago Tribune (14 February 2015). "How the Harlem Globetrotters integrated the NBA". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  6. "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
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