Bob Hahn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Bob Hahn

Professional basketball player

Date of Birth: 25-Aug-1925

Place of Birth: Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Date of Death: 28-Jul-2009

Profession: basketball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Bob Hahn

  • Robert M.
  • "Bob" Hahn (August 25, 1925 – July 28, 2009) was a professional basketball player who spent one season in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Chicago Stags during the 1949–50 season.
  • He attended North Carolina State University. N.C.
  • State basketball's 6'10" Center, #82 Bob Hahn of Ann Arbor, Michigan The Harlem Globetrotters (1951)… Thomas Gomez, Dorothy Dandridge, Bill Walker, Angela Clarke.
  • Young Bill Townsend drops out of college to join the famous independent Trotter team.
  • He also finds romance along the way.
  • "Goose" Tatum and fancy dribbler Marcus Haynes were the star players of the Globetrotters at the time and Abe Saperstein was the owner.
  • Tatum, Haynes, Babe Presley, Ermer Robinson, Duke Cumberland, Clarence Wilson, Pop Gates, Frank Washington, Ted Strong and other current team members appear in the film as themselves.
  • Also featured is a lot of actual game footage (three times against the Celtics with Tony Lavelli and Big Bob Hahn) including their famous "Sweet Georgia Brown" warm-up routine.
  • [Along with making the film, the team toured Major League Baseball stadiums that year and went on their first tour of South America.] Career Ann Arbor High School - Michigan (High School) 1946-47 North Carolina State University (College) 1948-49 North Carolina State University (College) 1949-50 Chicago Stags (NBA) 1950-51 United States Stars (Independent) - Official opponents for Harlem Globetrotters tour Born to Gustave and Elfreda Hahn, Hahn attended Ann Arbor HS before heading off to NC State.
  • He missed his sophomore year due to academic reasons, but the 6'10 senior returned for the 1948-49 seasons.
  • He left NC State and played in for the Chicago Stags in the NBA.
  • After his short stint with the Stags, he toured with the Globetrotters in Europe and Africa.
  • He then returned to Ann Arbor and worked for many years at Sears. He married Joline Howard in 1951.
  • They had one son, Michael Hahn, and 4 grandchildren.
  • He died in July of 2009.

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