Bob Gibson - Globetrotters picture?

[laughlinfan]

Thanks, gang! I may give that association a shot! From what I have read, Gibson signed with the Globetrotters for the 4 months between the end of his first minor league season in 57 and the start of the 58 season, so maybe I can find a program from those 4 months that lists a roster. I am not sure that they always created a new up to date roster for every game - they may have just had a single program that they printed and sold at the games that didn't contain specific lineups. I have a program somewhere from 58 or 59 (featuring Wilt) and I will check to see if it has game specific lineups.

[cmoore330]

Oddly enough, I just saw this in my Facebook feed. In the comments, someone asks if that is Bob Gibson sitting on the bench.

https://www.facebook.com/okhistory/p...97627870398093

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by cmoore330

Oddly enough, I just saw this in my Facebook feed. In the comments, someone asks if that is Bob Gibson sitting on the bench

Time frame doesn’t work, Marques Haynes had a a falling out with the owner of the Globetrotters in 1953, Abe Saperstein, and didn’t return to the Globetrotters until 1972 after Saperstein died in 1966.

[cmoore330]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

Time frame doesn’t work, Marques Haynes had a a falling out with the owner of the Globetrotters in 1953, Abe Saperstein, and didn’t return to the Globetrotters until 1972 after Saperstein died in 1966.

Bummer.

[bigfanNY]

Originally Posted by laughlinfan

Thanks, gang! I may give that association a shot! From what I have read, Gibson signed with the Globetrotters for the 4 months between the end of his first minor league season in 57 and the start of the 58 season, so maybe I can find a program from those 4 months that lists a roster. I am not sure that they always created a new up to date roster for every game - they may have just had a single program that they printed and sold at the games that didn't contain specific lineups. I have a program somewhere from 58 or 59 (featuring Wilt) and I will check to see if it has game specific lineups.

You might also look at all pro basketball programs from those 4 months. It was typical for teams to offer a doubleheader with the first game the Globetrotters and the second a regular NBA game. I have programs with Wilt Chamberlain playing for the Globetrotters and the second game a Philadelphia Warriors game. They would print that nights roster for all 4 teams so better chance you would see Gibson's name listed. Wilt is from 1958 but this one from 1955 also has full lineups

[Hankphenom]

Those poor Washington Generals! According to Wiki, they were 3-16,000 against the Globetrotters. When they won a game by mistake in 1971, children cried and someone yelled, "You killed Santa Claus!"