13 Facts About Inman Jackson

Inman William "Big Jack" Jackson was an American professional basketball player.

Inman Jackson was a long-time member of the Harlem Globetrotters and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2022.

Inman Jackson attended Wendell Phillips Academy High School in Chicago and later attended the City College of New York.

Inman Jackson was a top player for Wendell Phillips Academy High School and played in his freshman season at the City College of New York, although he dropped out before his second year.

Inman Jackson played through 1930 with the Big Five before signing with the Globetrotters.

Inman Jackson was a top player for the Globetrotters, being noted by Jet magazine as "basketball's first outstanding 'big man'".

Inman Jackson was renowned for his handling abilities, being described by The Montana Standard as "one of the greatest ball handlers in the nation today" and by The Minneapolis Journal as playing "as though he were born with a basketball in each hand".

Inman Jackson was the team captain for much of his tenure with Harlem and helped them win the second World Professional Basketball Tournament in 1940, towards the end of his career.

Inman Jackson stayed in the Globetrotters organization following his playing career until his death.

Inman Jackson served as a consultant coach, instructor of new talent, assistant coach, and was named the head coach in 1966.

Inman Jackson received four percent of Abe Saperstein's estate at the latter's death in 1966, the only member of the team in Saperstein's will.

Inman Jackson died in Chicago on April 6,1973, at the age of 66.

Inman Jackson was inducted into the Basketball Museum of Illinois Hall of Fame in 1974 and was posthumously selected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2022.