Meadowlark Lemon Ministries, based in Scottsdale, Arizona, was founded by him in 1994. He was regarded as the “Clown Prince” of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team for 22 years. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003 after playing in over 16,000 games for the Globetrotters.
When asked who he thought was the best player of all time, basketball star Wilt Chamberlain replied, “For me, Meadowlark Lemon.” Lemon was a “genuine national treasure” and a personal inspiration in Jordan’s youth, according to fellow Wilmington great Michael Jordan.
