<P> Lemon was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, and attended Williston Industrial School, graduating in 1952 . He then matriculated into Florida A&M University, but was soon drafted into the United States Army, serving for two years stationed in Austria and West Germany . </P> <P> Lemon made his first basketball hoop out of an onion sack and coat hanger, using an empty Carnation milk can to sink his first 2 - point hoop . </P> <P> Lemon first applied to the Globetrotters in 1954 at age 22, finally being chosen to play in 1955 . In 1980, he left to form one of his Globetrotters imitators, the Bucketeers . He played with that team until 1983, then moved on to play with the Shooting Stars from 1984 to 1987 . In 1988, he moved on to "Meadowlark Lemon's Harlem All Stars" team . Despite being with his own touring team, Lemon returned to the Globetrotters, playing 50 games with them in 1994 . </P> <P> In 2000, Lemon received the John Bunn Award, the highest honor given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame outside induction . He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003 . </P>

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