Zack Clayton

Zachariah "Zack" Clayton was a basketball player for the New York Rens.[1]

As a boy, Clayton played at the Christian Street YMCA along with Charles "Tarzan" Cooper, Jackie Bethards and Bill Yancey. There they began four fruitful careers on a squad called the Tribune Men.[2] Clayton also played for the Harlem Globetrotters.[3] Clayton would win world championships with both teams.[3] Clayton is enshrined in the Philadelphia basketball Hall of Fame.[4] Clayton would become a boxing official.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Historical Dictionary of Basketball". google.com.
  2. ↑ Mangan, JA (2004). Ethnicity, Sport, Identity: Struggles For Status. Routledge. ISBN 0-7146-8458-9.
  3. 1 2 "The House that Jack Built". google.com.
  4. ↑ "New York Renaissance ('Rens') - The Black Fives Foundation". blackfives.org.
  5. ↑ "Some Harlem Rens Became Famous Boxing Officials After Basketball". blackfives.org.
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