Meadow "Meadowlark" Lemon[1] (born April 25, 1932; Wilmington, North Carolina) is an American basketball player and actor. For 22 years, Lemon was known as the "Clown Prince" of the touring Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. He played in more than 16,000 games for the Globetrotters and is a 2003 inductee of the Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Career
Lemon first applied to the Globetrotters in 1954, finally being chosen to play in 1955. In 1980, he left to form one of his multiple other Globetrotters imitators, the Bucketeers. He played with that team until 1983, then moved on to play with the Shooting Stars from 1984 to 1987. In 1988, he moved on to his Meadowlark Lemon's Harlem All Stars team, for which he plays currently.[2] Despite being with his own touring team, Lemon returned to the Globetrotters, playing 50 games with them in 1994.
In 2000, Lemon received the John Bunn Award, the highest honor given by the Basketball Hall of Fame outside of induction. He was inducted into the hall three years later.
On May 18, 2009, it was announced that Lemon had become the new partial owner of the Smoky Mountain Jam of the American Basketball Association.[3]
Personal life
Lemon is married to Dr.Cynthia Lemon, a practitioner of naturopathy. A born-again Christian, Lemon became an ordained minister in 1986 and received a Doctor of Divinity degree from Vision International University in Ramona, California, in 1988. He resides in Scottsdale, Arizona, where his Meadowlark Lemon Ministries maintains an office.[4]
Pop culture
On The Fox series The Cleveland Show Meadowlark Lemon is the name of the family dog.
In the stand-up album Ridiculous by Norm Mc.Donald, there is a hidden track. On this track Meadowlark Lemon is mentioned in accordance with Norm's bit "starsearch".
In "Pinky and the Brain", Brain makes a movie starring himself, and Meadowlark Lemon.
In The Boondocks The Meadowlark Memorial Park is a refference to Meadowlark. Despite the fact Meadowlark is still alive.
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