Earl Manigault
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Earl Manigault was an American street basketball player who was nicknamed "the Goat" or "the Lip". He is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players never to have played in the National
Manigault at the Goat Park in 1989
Holcombe Rucker
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Holcombe Rucker was a playground director in Harlem for the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation from 1948 to 1964. He founded the New York City pro-am basketball tournament, that still bear
Earl Manigault
…situated on Amsterdam at West 99th Street in Manhattan, is more commonly referred to as "Goat Park" where Manigault reigned. He was mentored by Holcombe Rucker. Manigault was particularly famous for his leaping abilities on the basketball court. Much of his legend is unsupported playground myth, including his…
Photograph of Rucker Park