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- Charles "Tex" Harrison (January 20, 1933 – November 20, 2014) was an American basketball player, born in Indiana and raised in Texas, who played and coached for the Harlem Globetrotters for six decades. Harrison was the first player from a historically African American college to receive All-American honors. After he was discovered by the Globetrotters in 1954, he played with and coached for players such as Meadowlark Lemon, Marques Haynes, Wilt Chamberlain, and Fred Neal. During his playing career, Harrison had tea with Queen Elizabeth, played for an audience of three popes, ate caviar with Nikita Khrushchev, and starred in a Saturday morning variety show. He died at 81 years old in Houston, Texas.[1] (en)
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- North Carolina Central (en)
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- Wheatley High School (en)
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- Charles "Tex" Harrison (en)
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- Charles "Tex" Harrison (en)
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- Harlem Globetrotters (en)
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- "We want to give the kids a message of hope. The Globetrotters are a role model of talent and athletic excellence for young people to emulate. Basketball has done a lot for each of us, and we think it can help young people everywhere by giving them something constructive to do." (en)
- "Aside from my family, being a Harlem Globetrotter has been the greatest highlight of my life. I have had the good fortune to be a part of the most celebrated sports team in history." (en)
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- Charles "Tex" Harrison (January 20, 1933 – November 20, 2014) was an American basketball player, born in Indiana and raised in Texas, who played and coached for the Harlem Globetrotters for six decades. Harrison was the first player from a historically African American college to receive All-American honors. He died at 81 years old in Houston, Texas.[1] (en)
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- Charles Harrison (basketball) (en)
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- Charles "Tex" Harrison (en)
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