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William (Pop) Gates

former player-coach with the Harlem Globetrotters in 1955 and member of the National Basketball Hall of Fame; played pro basketball in the 1930s and 40s; charter member of NYC Basketball Hall of Fame in 1994. Gates died of heart failure.

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