Pop Gates
Basketball Player
1917 – 1999
Who was Pop Gates?
William "Pop" Gates was an American professional basketball player. He was born in Decatur, Alabama and attended high school in New York, New York. After playing college basketball at Clark Atlanta University, he continued his basketball career in New York City with the Harlem Renaissance, for several years beginning in 1938–39. He became one of the early black players in the NBL in 1946. Later he played for and coached the Harlem Globetrotters. Gates is one the few athletes who went directly from a high school championship team to a World Professional Champion.
Gates was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 1989.
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- Born
- Aug 30, 1917
Decatur - Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Clark Atlanta University
- Lived in
- Alabama
- Died
- Dec 1, 1999
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on July 23, 2013
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