Born:(1923-11-15)November 15, 1923 Little Rock, Arkansas
Died: April 16, 1989(1989-04-16) (aged 65) St. Louis, Missouri
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Negro leagues debut
1948, for the New York Cubans
Last appearance
1948, for the New York Cubans
Teams
New York Cubans (1948)
Samuel Wallace Wheeler, Jr. (November 15, 1923 - April 16, 1989), nicknamed "Boom Boom", was an American professional basketball player with the Harlem Globetrotters and Harlem Magicians, and was an outfielder in Negro league baseball for the New York Cubans.
A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, Wheeler attended Dunbar High School and Philander Smith College, where he was a star basketball player.[1] He played professional baseball with the New York Cubans of the Negro National League in 1948, and hit a grand slam in his first game with the team.[1][2] Wheeler joined the Harlem Globetrotters in 1950 and spent several years with them.[3][4][5][6]
Wheeler married educator Betty McNeal, daughter of Theodore McNeal, the first African American to serve in the Missouri Senate, and a union organizer and activist.[7]
Wheeler died in St. Louis, Missouri in 1989 at age 65.
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September 12, 1996) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Josh Wheeler in Daybreak, Joe McAlister in Under the Dome, the voice of Jake on Jake...
In June 2012, Wheeler was honoured with the Heritage Award from Performing Right Society along with the members of Soul II Soul. Wheeler was born in England...
unique focus on elucidating the functions of the brain. The Henry H. "Sam" Wheeler Jr. Brain Imaging Center (BIC) is led by Jack Gallant and Chunlei Liu...
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based in Indianapolis and was founded by former IndyCar driver Sam Schmidt in 2001 as Sam Schmidt Motorsports. The team operates the Nos. 5, 6 and 7 Dallara-Chevrolet...
World War II. Wheeler also worked with Niels Bohr to explain the basic principles of nuclear fission. Together with Gregory Breit, Wheeler developed the...
Independence Party from 2011 to 2014. Wheeler was adopted just before his second birthday by an American, Alexander Wheeler, a former Army officer and heir...
Jordan's The Wheel of Time: Fantasy, epic-style". CNN. Archived from the original on 11 December 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2009. Thielma, Sam (12 August...
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