Neal and Haynes shared the spotlight with the Globetrotters’ two primary ringmasters, Reece “Goose” Tatum and Meadowlark Lemon. Like Neal, Lemon had a hard act to follow. Tatum was the ...

Seeing players like Reece “Goose” Tatum and Marques Haynes, two of the franchise’s top showmen during that time, resonated with Chamberlain and sparked an ambition. Advertisement The ...

The Globetrotters gradually worked comic routines into their act — a direction the team has credited to Reece "Goose" Tatum, who joined in 1941 — and eventually became known more for ...