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The American Basketball Hall of Fame
The American Basketball Hall of Fame is an American history hall of fame that is located in the city of Detroit, Michigan. It honors and tells the full history of basketball. The American Basketball Hall of Fame was founded by LaMont "Showboat" Robinson who played 28 years of barnstorming from 1987-2015. Robinson played in Denmark and the USBL, then with several barnstorming teams Meadowlark Lemon Harlem All-Stars, 1989 Harlem Globetrotters and Washington General Tour, ShowBoat Robinson's Harlem Road Kings, ShowBoat Robinson's Harlem Clowns. Robinson has been nominated to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame four times in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. He was inducted into the American Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2019.

The American Basketball Hall of Fame honors basketball men and women as well as coaches and gives players another chance to be inducted into a National Hall of Fame. The American Basketball Hall of Fame looks closely at high school legends, playground hoopsters, small college players, overseas players, barnstorming players, and teams, from the ABA, CBA, EBA, USBL, and Harlem Globetrotters, Harlem Clowns, Harlem Wizards, etc... The American Basketball Hall of Fame will not just honor major college and NBA players.

The American Basketball Hall of Fame hosted its inaugural class on Sunday, October 13, 2019, in the city of Detroit, Michigan, and due to covid-19, the 2020 and 2021 live ceremonies were canceled. The American Basketball Hall of Fame did host two classes 2020, and 2021 of posthumous players, that were virtual.

The Goal of the American Basketball Hall of Fame is to build a state-of-the-art world-class hall of fame that will be 80,000 sq. ft. that will be also one of the top premier basketball facilities in the world, with a track, weight room, film room, classrooms, dormitory rooms, basketball theme restaurant, and the basketball field-house will feature 6-8 basketball courts for camps, clinics, AAU tournaments, and summer leagues, etc...

To date, the American Basketball Hall of Fame has inducted 50 players, coaches, and contributors.

2019 Posthumous Class
.  LaMont "ShowBoat" Robinson  

.  Derrick Coleman   

.  Sam Jones

.  John Long

.  Howard White  

.  Curtis "Flint" Bloxson   

.  Al Gibson   

.  Tim McCormick

.  Antoine "The Judge" Joubert  

. Coach Perry Watson   

. Jalen Rose   

. Vinnie Johnson   

. Willie Burton

. Spencer Haywood

. Archie Clark  

. Stanly Ruffin

. George Blaha 

2020 Posthumous Class
.  Dr. James Naismith

.  Coach John Thompson

.  Earl "The Goat Manigault

.  Wilt Chamberlain

.  Abe Saperstein

.  Meadowlark Lemon  

.  Curtis Jones

.  Kobe Bryant

.  John Havlicek

. Marques Haynes

. Pete Maravich  

. Coach Pat Summitt

. Len Bias  

. Coach John McLendon

. Gianna Bryant

2021 Posthumous Class
.  Brent "BJ" Johnson

.  Roy Tarpley  

.  Louis "Red" Klotz

.  Dwayne "Pearl" Washington

.  Howard Garfinkel  

.  "Jumpin" Jackie Jackson   

.  Holcombe Rucker  

.  Terry Dudrod

.  Connie Hawkins  

. Coach Clarence "Big House" Gaines  

. Fred "Curly" Neal   

. Raymond Lewis  

. Herman "The Helicopter" Knowings

. Cleo Hill  

. Al "Runt" Pullins

. Lorene "Butch" Moore  

Inaugural American Basketball Hall of Fame launches in Detroit
  

