Meadow Lemon III, known professionally as Meadowlark Lemon, was an American basketball player, actor, and Christian minister.
17 Facts About Meadowlark Lemon
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Meadowlark Lemon played in more than 16,000 games for the Globetrotters and was a 2003 inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Meadowlark Lemon was born in Wilmington, North Carolina and attended Williston Industrial School, graduating in 1952.
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Meadowlark Lemon made his first basketball hoop out of a coat hanger, using an onion sack for a net and an empty Carnation milk can for a ball, with which he made his first shot.
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Meadowlark Lemon first applied to the Globetrotters in 1954 at age 22, finally being chosen to play in 1955.
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Meadowlark Lemon played with that team until 1983, then moved on to play with the Shooting Stars from 1984 to 1987.
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In 2000, Meadowlark Lemon received the John Bunn Award, the highest honor given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame outside induction.
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Meadowlark Lemon was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003.
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In 1978, Meadowlark Lemon appeared in a memorable Burger King commercial by making a tower of burgers until he found a double-beef pickles and onions with no-cheese burger.
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In 1979, Meadowlark Lemon guest-starred in an episode of the NBC television anthology series $weepstake$.
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In 1983, Meadowlark Lemon appeared on an episode of Alice entitled "Tommy Fouls Out", and in a Charmin toilet paper commercial alongside Mr Whipple.
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In 1996 season 2 episode 5 of Pinky and the Brain titled "Brain's Song" Meadowlark Lemon was Brain's best friend in the parody of Brian's Song.
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In 2006, on episode of adult swim's The Boondocks entitled "The Itis", the name of Meadowlark Lemon was used as the name of the park that Ed Wuncler I mentions an interest in purchasing from the state.
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In 2009, on FOX's TV show The Cleveland Show, the name of Meadowlark Lemon was used for a dog's name, a pet for the character of Rallo Tubbs.
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Meadowlark Lemon had 10 children: Richard, George, Beverly, Donna, Robin, Jonathan, Jamison, Angela, Crystal, and Caleb.
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Meadowlark Lemon was featured as a gospel singer in several Gaither Homecoming videos.
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Meadowlark Lemon died in Scottsdale, on December 27,2015, at the age of 83.