Ermer Robinson was a native of San Diego. He graduated from high school in 1942. Robinson was a member of the

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. Robinson shot the game winning basket when the Globetrotters beat the Lakers. Robinson was Head Coach of the

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and the general manager for the Chicago Majors, both of the American Basketball League. He was a coach for

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in 1962. He joined the US Army and the Globetrotters when the war ended. He died from cancer in 1983.

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