How old is Lynette Woodard?

How old is Lynette Woodard?

62 years (August 12, 1959)
Lynette Woodard/Age

Where did Lynette Woodard go to school?

University of Kansas1977–1981
Wichita North High School
Lynette Woodard/Education

Why is Lynette Woodard famous?

WOODARD, Lynette. (b. 12 August 1959 in Wichita, Kansas), pioneer in women’s collegiate and professional basketball who set the record for the most career points in the history of women’s collegiate basketball (3,649), and was the first woman to play for the Harlem Globetrotters.

Are there any female Harlem Globetrotters?

On October 7, 1985, Lynette Woodard, captain of the gold-medal-winning U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team in 1984, becomes the first female player for the Harlem Globetrotters. “I got chills, Woodard, 26, says of her selection.

Who was the first female Globetrotter?

Woodard
In 1985, Woodard became the first woman ever to play with the Globetrotters. Incidentally, Woodard’s cousin, Hubert “Geese” Ausbie, also played for the Globetrotters from 1961 to 1985….Lynette Woodard.

Personal information
As player:
1997 Cleveland Rockers
1998 Detroit Shock
As coach:

When did Teresa Edwards play basketball?

Teresa Edwards

Personal information
College Georgia (1982–1986)
WNBA draft 2003 / Round: 2 / Pick: 14th overall
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career 1996–2004

How much do the Harlem Globetrotters players get paid?

Harlem Globetrotters Salaries

Job Title Salary
Player salaries – 1 salaries reported US$21,622/yr
Basketball Player salaries – 1 salaries reported US$3,587/mo
Marketing salaries – 1 salaries reported US$40,954/yr
Transporaton Driver salaries – 1 salaries reported US$19/hr

Did the Harlem Globetrotters ever have a white player?

There have been three white Harlem Globetrotters beginning with Abe Saperstein who was there first SUBSTITUTE player. There have been three white Harlem Globetrotters beginning with Abe Saperstein who was there first SUBSTITUTE player.

Who is the tallest Globetrotter?

Paul Sturgess
Very. In truth, Paul Sturgess is the tallest Harlem Globetrotter ever — a 7-foot-8, Englishman who came to America seeking pro basketball and found it in a unique place: as an official member of the club’s 2012 rookie class. “Obviously,” Sturgess said, “I’m going to be playing center.”

Are all Harlem Globetrotters black?

Harlem Globetrotters, predominantly Black professional U.S. basketball team that plays exhibition games all over the world, drawing large crowds to see the players’ spectacular ball handling and humorous antics. The team was organized in Chicago in 1926 as the all-Black Savoy Big Five.

Where is Teresa Edwards now?

Edwards later spent time as an assistant coach for the Lynx, the Tulsa Shock and the Atlanta Dream. She now lives in New York, a long way from Cairo in more ways than one, and works with kids, coaching the game and coaching them on life.

Where is Teresa Edwards from?

Cairo, GA
Teresa Edwards/Place of birth

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