American Basketball Hall of Fame's 'greatest unsung players' list includes local standouts - TribLIVE

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The American Basketball Hall of Fame out of Detroit prides itself on recognizing basketball stars of note who reached the doorstep but did not get into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

It is a tweeners’ delight.

The new hall, which sprouted in 2019 due in large part to the efforts of Jeannette graduate Lamont “Showboat” Robinson, an acclaimed name on the comedy basketball circuit with Harlem Globetrotters and Harlem Clowns.

The hall has come up with a list of 100 former players whom, it believes, are the greatest to never have played in the NBA — the “Greatest Unsung Basketball Players Of All Times, ” as the list is called.

In a press release, the ABHOF said NBA players “will tell you that there were guys that they grew up with that were more talented and even more gifted than they were. For various reasons they never got to showcase their talent in the NBA, where the world could recognize and appreciate their talent.

“These players have built major reputations in the playgrounds, high schools, small colleges, barnstorming teams, USBL, CBA, ABA, overseas, and in NBA tryout camps.”

Thirteen players selected hail from Western Pennsylvania. Robinson made the list and he wasn’t shy about shining a light on his roots, as he included former Jeannette stars Terrelle Pryor, Adam “Dutzie” Bostick and Charles “Chan” Chamberlain.

Other area players picked include former Fifth Avenue and Point Park star Warner Macklin; Sam Clancy, a Fifth Avenue, Brashear and Pitt alum who became a football standout; Hosea Champine (General Braddock High School and Robert Morris); Larry Anderson (Schenley/UNLV); Ronnie Hightower (Allegheny/Robert Morris); Billy Varner (Valley/Notre Dame); B.B. Flenory (Valley/Duquesne); Robert “Jeep” Kelly (Schenley/UNLV); and Nathan “Sonny” Lewis (Schenley/Pitt/Point Park).

Here is the full nickname-riddled list:

Larry Anderson (Pittsburgh)

Nate “The Skate” Barnes (East Cleveland, Ohio)

Freddie Beamon (Cleveland, Ohio)

Greg Bell (East Cleveland, Ohio)

Curtis “Flint” Bloxson (Warrensville Heights, Ohio)

Lawrence Bolden (Cleveland, Ohio)

Adam “Dutzie” Bostick (Jeannette)

Cortez Brown (East Cleveland, Ohio)

Roger Brown (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Tyrone “Hollywood” Brown (Savannah, Ga.)

Tony “Red” Bruin (Astoria, N.Y.)

Brain Burdine (Cleveland Heights, Ohio)

Charles “Chan” Chamberlain (Jeannette)

Hosea Champine (Braddock)

Robert “Hot Sauce” Champion (Atlanta, Ga.)

John Chaney (Philadelphia)

Sam Clancy (Pittsburgh)

Lenny Cooke (Atlantic City, N.J.)

Schea Cotton (Inglewood, Calif.)

Tyrone Crawford (East Cleveland, Ohio)

Aparicio Curry (Cleveland, Ohio)

Mel Daniels (Detroit, Mich.)

Norman “Skip” Dillard (Chicago, Ill.)

Alvin “Bo” Dukes (Inkster, Mich.)

“Sweet” Lou Dunbar (Minden, Miss.)

Sherwin “Shake” Durham (Compton, Calif.)

James Evans (Warrensville Heights, Ohio)

Tyrone “Alimoe” Evans (Harlem, N.Y.)

Ronnie Fields (Chicago, Ill.)

B.B. Flenory (New Kensington)

Al “Gib” Gibson (Detroit, Mich.)

Curtis Golston (Garfield Heights, Ohio)

“Jumping” Artie Green (Bronx, N.Y.)

Robert Hall (Cleveland, Ohio)

Joe “The Destroyer” Hammond (Harlem, N.Y.)

Glenn Harrell (Warrensville Heights, Ohio)

Billy “The Kid” Harris (Chicago, Ill.)

Larry Harris (Lorain, Ohio)

Mark Harris (Flint, Mich.)

Marques Haynes (Sandy Spring, Okla.)

Ronnie Hightower (Pittsburgh)

Sammy Hill (Midland)

William “Sonny” Hill (Philadelphia)

Roy Humphrey (Akron, Ohio)

“Jumpin” Jackie Jackson (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Brent “BJ” Johnson (Harrisonburg, Va.)

Ollie Johnson (Washington, D.C.)

Curtis Jones (Detroit, Mich.)

William Jones (Washington, D.C.)

Antoine “The Judge” Joubert (Southwest Detroit, Mich.)

Harry “Machine Gun” Kelly (Jackson, Miss.)

Robert “Jeep” Kelly (Pittsburgh)

Richard “Pee Wee” Kirkland (Harlem N.Y.)

“Jumpin” Johnny Kline (Detroit, Mich.)

Herman “Helicopter” Knowings (Harlem, N.Y.)

Nathan “Sonny” Lewis (Pittsburgh)

Raymond Lewis (Chicago, Ill.)

Warner Macklin (Pittsburgh)

Earl “The Goat” Manigault (New York, N.Y.)

Tony “The Levitator” Martin (Chicago, Ill.)

Ken “The Mouse” McFadden (New York City, N.Y.)

Edgar “Cupcake” Merchant (Detroit, Mich.)

Demetrius “The Hooks” Mitchell (Oakland, Calif.)

Raymond McCoy (Chicago Heights, Ill.)

Andre Morgan (Anderson, Ind.)

Robert “Bob” McCullough (New York, N.Y.)

Malloy “The Future Nesmith” Monroe (Bronx, N.Y.)

Brandt Moses (Philadelphia)

Lamar “Money” Murdane (Chicago, Ill.)

Fred “Curly” Neal (Greensboro, N.C.)

Kenny Patterson (Forest Hill, N.Y.)

Terrelle Pryor (Jeannette)

Kareem “Best Kept Secret” Reid (Bronx, N.Y.)

Mike Richmond (Philadelphia)

Larry “Gator” Rivers (Savannah, Ga.)

Paul “Pablo” Robertson (Harlem, N.Y.)

LaMont “Doc-ShowBoat” Robinson (Warrensville Heights, Ohio)

Mike Robinson (Detroit, Mich.)

Sam Robinson (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Ricky Ross (Wichita, Kan.)

Stanley Ruffin (Ecorse, Mich.)Tony Scott (Warrensville Heights, Ohio)

Jack “Black Jack” Ryan (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Ed “Booger” Smith (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Curt “Trouble” Smith (Washington, D.C.)

Steve “Shotgun” Styles (Warrensville Heights, Ohio)

Ralph Talley (Atlantic City, N.J.)

Clarence “Eggy” Tillman (Philadelphia)

Ricky Tucker (Philadelphia)

Ricky Tunstall (Cleveland, Ohio/Altoona)

Landon Turner (Indianapolis, Ind.)

Billy Varner (New Kensington)

Geoff Warren (Cleveland, Ohio)

Brian “Sad Eye” Watson (Philadelphia)

Corey “Homicide” Williams (Bronx, N.Y.)

James “Speedy” Williams (New York City, N.Y.)

Larry “Bone Collector” Williams (Pasadena, Calif.)

Arron “Dumiss” Wood (Warrensville Heights, Ohio)

Doug Wrenn (Seattle, Wash.)

Bill Beckner Jr. is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Bill by email at bbeckner@triblive.com or via Twitter .

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