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| The Savoy Big Five |
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| Chicago's Best-Kept BasketBall Secret |
| The Savoy Big Five grew from the 1920s MidWest basketball excellence exemplified by Chicago schoolboys William Watson & Tommy Brookins. W/ guiding spirit Dick Hudson, the SB5 hooped for 15 years through several incarnations as the Hottentots, Chicago Crusaders, & Palmer House Indians. The club's lineup featured such legends as -- Big Jack Mann (Art Imigs, NY Rens) -- Big Dave DeJernett (first Afro-American to lead an integrated champion in a major hoops tournament) -- Al Johnson (Rens) -- Jackie Bethards (Rens, Phila Giants) -- John Yancey (Giants) -- Zack Clayton (Rens) -- Agis Bray -- Roosie Hudson (NBL StudeBakers) -- Hillary Brown (StudeBakers) -- Fats Jenkins (NY Rens) -- BrickTop Wright (Rens) ...some of whose experience w/ Chicago's Other Thirties Team is well-documented. At their peak the SB5 were side-stepped from competing in the 1940 Chicago World's Tourney. Despondent, the SB5 were bought the next year by Abe Saperstein & became Abe's 2nd traveling unit. |
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