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William "Pop" Gates scrapbook
- Title
- William "Pop" Gates scrapbook, 1930-1996 bulk (1938-1958).
- Author
- Gates, Pop, 1917-1999.
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- Description
- 1 vol.
- Summary
- Collection consists of a scrapbook 1930-1991 on William "Pop" Gates. The scrapbook contains: newspaper clippings documenting Gates career from his days at Benjamin Franklin High School and the Harlem YMCA in the 1930's to his induction into the Nausmith Memorial Hall of Fame in 1989, a ribbon and name plates from the Nausmith Memorial Hall of Fame.
- Subjects
- Basketball Hall of Fame (Springfield, Mass.)
- Robert L. Douglas Hall of Fame (Harlem, New York, N.Y.)
- King, Dolly, 1916-1969
- African American basketball players
- African American athletes
- Harlem Globetrotters
- Buffalo Bisons (Baseball team)
- Basketball players > United States
- New York Renaissance (Basketball team)
- Gates, Pop, 1917-1999
- Basketball teams
- Tri-Cities Blackhawks (Basketball team)
- Scrapbooks
- Cincinnati Royals (Basketball team)
- Genre/Form
- Scrapbooks.
- Note
- Photographs transferred to the Photographs and Print Division.
- Source (note)
- Cleo Gates
- Biography (note)
- William "Pop" Gates was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1989. He began playing basketball at age 10 at the Harlem Young Men Christian Association (YMCA), where he became a member of the YMCA boy's team "The Midgets." Gates captained his high school team to many victories including the All City Championship. Believed to be the only player to play in all ten Chicago championships, Gates enjoyed an illustrious professional career spanning 37 years.
- He played for several professional teams, ending his career with a five year (1950-1955) tour of duty with the Harlem Globetrotters, as both a player and a coach. During the 1946-47 season Gates was signed to a white team, the Tri-Cities Blackhawks, and became the first black player hired by a professional basketball team. The signing of Gates occurred six months before Jackie Robinson was signed to major league baseball. In June 1982 Gates was inducted into the Robert L. Douglas Hall of Fame.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 689
- OCLC
- 122313865
- Author
- Gates, Pop, 1917-1999.
- Title
- William "Pop" Gates scrapbook, 1930-1996 bulk (1938-1958).
- Biography
- William "Pop" Gates was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1989. He began playing basketball at age 10 at the Harlem Young Men Christian Association (YMCA), where he became a member of the YMCA boy's team "The Midgets." Gates captained his high school team to many victories including the All City Championship. Believed to be the only player to play in all ten Chicago championships, Gates enjoyed an illustrious professional career spanning 37 years.He played for several professional teams, ending his career with a five year (1950-1955) tour of duty with the Harlem Globetrotters, as both a player and a coach. During the 1946-47 season Gates was signed to a white team, the Tri-Cities Blackhawks, and became the first black player hired by a professional basketball team. The signing of Gates occurred six months before Jackie Robinson was signed to major league baseball. In June 1982 Gates was inducted into the Robert L. Douglas Hall of Fame.
- Source
- Cleo Gates Gift 2001-2007 SCM 01-18
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 689