Goose Tatum
American basketball player
Died when: 45 years 260 days (548 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Reece "Goose" Tatum (May 31, 1921 – January 18, 1967) was an American Negro league baseball and basketball player.In 1942, he was signed to the Harlem Globetrotters and had an 11-year career with the team.
He later formed his own team known as the Harlem Magicians with former Globetrotters player Marques Haynes.He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame.
Tatum's number 50 is retired by the Globetrotters.
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