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  2. theprovince.com › sports › legacy-of-davis-lives-onLegacy of Davis lives on after ex-Globetrotter and Kits ...

    On Dec. 16, 2021, Mel Davis, the former Harlem Globetrotter and icon in the Vancouver basketball community, died of natural causes. He was 84.

    • J.J. Adams

  3. www.cbc.ca › mel-davis-obituary-1Former Harlem Globetrotter Mel Davis leaves behind B.C ...

    Jan 16, 2022 · (CBC News) The basketball community in B.C. is reflecting on the influence of a former Harlem Globetrotter who ended up teaching thousands of youth in Vancouver about the game and how it could...

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  5. www.vancouverisawesome.com › local-newsFormer Harlem Globetrotter Mel ‘Trick’ Davis dies at 84 ...

    • Kitsilano Youth Basketball League
    • Academy Award-Nominated Hardwood
    • 'I Feel Good About That'

    Those who played for him knew Davis as the founder of the Kitsilano Youth Basketball League, the Have Ball Will Teach Program and Mel Davis Youth Foundation. Others, particularly people of an older generation, knew him as Mel “Trick” Davis, a star with the Harlem Globetrotters. His teammates included Meadowlark Lemon, Curly Neale, Geese Ausbie and ...

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    The couple’s marriage was featured in the documentary Hardwood, a deeply personal 29-minute film that their son, Hubert, made about his father’s life. The film, which was nominated for an Academy Award and an Emmy, was produced when Davis was in his mid-60s. The younger Davis chronicled his father’s early life as a Globetrotter to his days in Vanco...

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    Asked what making the documentary did for his relationship with his father, Davis said it helped him discover more about the man and the decisions he made, including not being around in the early years of Hubert’s life. “He was complicated, he was complex,” he said. “He had a lot of layers to him and things that he was overcoming. Someone emailed m...

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  6. vancouversun.com › news › local-newsEx-Globetrotter Mel Davis looks back on a ... - Vancouver Sun

    From Sweet Georgia Brown to sweet domesticity on False Creek, Mel Davis looks back on a long and interesting life. Gordon McIntyre. Published Jul 30, 2018 • 3 minute read. Join the conversation...

  7. ca.news.yahoo.com › former-harlem-globetrotter-melFormer Harlem Globetrotter Mel Davis leaves behind B.C ...

    Jan 16, 2022 · The basketball community in B.C. is reflecting on the influence of a former Harlem Globetrotter who ended up teaching thousands of youth in Vancouver about the game and how it could help them in...

  8. www.cbc.ca › player › play"Have Ball, Will Teach," B.C. basketball ambassador ... - CBC.ca

    Mel Davis taught basketball and life skills to thousands of youth in B.C. after moving to Vancouver in 1987

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  10. www.theglobeandmail.com › canada › article-harlemHarlem Globetrotter left an indelible mark in Vancouver

    Jan 17, 2022 · Mel Davis, who died Dec. 16 of cancer at age 84 in a Burnaby, B.C., long-term care facility, left an indelible mark in Canada.