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Meadow George Lemon III was born on April 25th, 1932 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Several years later his mother moved to New York City. His father raised his young son with the help of relatives. Young Lemon was 11 years old when he first saw the Harlem Globetrotters in a film clip at the local movie theater. He was fascinated by the players running and jumping, doing their routines on the court to the music Sweet Georgia Brown. It was at this moment he knew he wanted to be a Globetrotter. His summers were spent at the Boy's Club where he played on the basketball team. During his high school years he played basketball and football.

In 1952 Lemon was drafted into the army where he served 2 years. After his discharge from the army in 1954 he joined the Kansas City All Stars which was one of the opposing teams that played the Globetrotters. After one season with the All Stars he applied to the Harlem Globetrotter team and his career with this international team began. Meadow Lark was known as the "Clown Prince" on the court because of his comical routines and his extraordinary handling of the basketball. Lemon played over 16,000 games with the Harlem Globetrotters. He was player / coach of the team from 1971 to 1978. It was in 1978 that Meadowlark Lemon left the Globetrotters.

In the year 2000 was he received the John Bonn Award from the Basketball Hall of Fame. This is their highest honor other than being an inductee. It was in 2003 that Lemon was finally inducted into the hall. Lemon who is a born again Christian and became an ordained minister. He lives in Scottsdale, Arizona where his Meadowlark Lemon Ministry has their office.

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