William Watson (basketball)
- William Watson (basketball)
William Watson was one of the first African-American basketball players to lead an integrated team to a championship. In 1924 Watson's Lane Tech High School met Wendell Phillips High School to dispute the championship of the Chicago Public School League.Fact|date=August 2007 Watson's quintet won 18-4, and he was hailed by the black "Chicago Defender" newspaper as a hero, despite the newspaper's preference for the all-black Wendell Phillips club.Fact|date=August 2007
Remaining in Chicago after high school, Watson went on to become a founding member of the Giles Post Legion squad and the Savoy Big Five, both direct precursors of today's Harlem GlobeTrotters. Legendary GlobeTrotters owner Abe Saperstein created a 'mirror' GlobeTrotters club patterned after the team founded by Watson's friend and old Wendell Phillips rival Tommy Brookins.Fact|date=August 2007
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