Former Harlem Globetrotter Robert "Showboat" Hall, who spent nearly three decades with the team, has died in his hometown of Detroit. The Globetrotters said Hall died Wednesday. A cause of death and his age were not immediately available. Hall attended and played basketball at the former Miller High School in Detroit. He joined the Globetrotters in 1949, and in 1955 succeeded Reece "Goose" Tatum as the team's primary showman. Hall became player-coach in 1968. Read more http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12082610/former-harlem-globetrotter-robert-showboat-hall-dies
