Abe Saperstein

American sports executive and basketball coach · United States · On the map · Basketball Players · Lived 1902 to 1966 · aged 63

Abraham Michael Saperstein was the founder, owner and earliest coach of the Harlem Globetrotters. Saperstein was a leading figure in black basketball and baseball from the 1920s through the 1950s, primarily before those sports were racially integrated.

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