RM: Harlem Globe Trotters Founder’s Home

2948 W. Eastwood Ave. / Home of Abe Saperstein until his death in 1966 / Founded the team that became the Harlem Globetrotters in 1926 / Added “Harlem” to identify the team as African American, though the players were based in Chicago / Envisioned the Globetrotters as an international touring team / Founded the American Basketball League in 1961 / Helped introduce the three-point shot / At 5’5″, shortest member of the Basketball Hall of Fame / Sewed the team’s first uniforms himself; his father was a local tailor