He also appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show and numerous episodes of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and its spinoffs. Lemon would then return to the court with another bucket and end up throwing it onto unsuspecting fans – with confetti instead of water on the second go-round.
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Lemon left the Globetrotters in 1978 over a contract dispute and formed his own traveling teams – the Meadowlark Lemon’s Bucketeers, the Shooting Stars and Meadowlark Lemon’s Harlem All-Stars. Between 1983 and 1994, he joined and created a variety of different teams before heading back to play for the Globetrotters. He was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003.
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“We are now dedicating our current 90th anniversary tour to Meadowlark Lemon, along with Marques Haynes, who we lost in May”, the Globetrotters announced via Twitter Monday morning. That’s by no means the case for Meadowlark Lemon.
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The sportsman found fame with exhibition basketball team the Harlem Globetrotters, joining them in 1955 and touring with the sporting entertainers for 25 years.
“Man, I’ve had a good run”, he said at his enshrinement ceremony. With enough skill to have been an National Basketball Association superstar, Lemon opted to play for the Globetrotters instead, fulfilling a childhood dream.
In his time at the club, Lemon played in over 7,500 consecutive games, performing for popes, kings, queens, presidents and fans from all over the world.
After leaving the Globetrotters in 1979 he started his own teams and also became a minister.
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“Meadowlark was a committed Globetrotter”, said Mitchell, who last talked to Lemon four to five years ago.
Lemon is survived by his wife, Cynthia, and 10 children.
“My destiny was to make people happy”, Lemon said in 2003 during his induction ceremony to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Mitchell said he quickly became friends with Lemon, applauding his professionalism and dedication to the team.
