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
Photograph of Rucker Park
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
Holcombe Rucker
…over 700 individuals were able to obtain basketball scholarships to help finance their education. He mentored many people including streetball legend, Earl Manigault The tournament grew into the stuff of legend in the 1960s, when many NBA stars such as Wilt Chamberlain participated…
Manigault at the Goat Park in 1989