Margate, NJ – The basketball barnstormer who owned the Washington Generals and other teams that lost thousands of games to the Harlem Globetrotters has died. Louis “Red” Klotz was 93.
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The Press of Atlantic City (http://bit.ly/1kVKk8R) reports Klotz died in his sleep Saturday at his home in Margate.
Klotz formed a working relationship with the Globetrotters in 1952, putting together the opposing teams that almost always lost. In 1971, he hit the game-winner in a rare Globetrotter loss as a 50-year-old player/coach.
In a statement posted on the Globetrotters website, team CEO Kurt Schneider said Klotz helped bring basketball and smiles to fans worldwide. He says Klotz was “a legend and a global treasure.”
Klotz played on title-winning basketball teams in high school and an undefeated college team before playing one season with the championship-winning Baltimore Bullets in 1948.
Baruch Dayan HaEmet.
A little known fact: The Washington Generals were originally the Philadelpha SPHAs, and SPHA was an acronym for South Philadelphia Hebrew Association. Yes, it was a Jewish team. And it was a good team until they started playing the Globetrotters every night.
Team CEO Kurt Schneider said Klotz was “a legend and a global treasure.”…. Aha!!Was he a Shomer Torah U’mitzvos – thats the only question that matters now – not all the money, name recognition and how well he played basket ball.