Robert "Showboat" Hall (September 30, 1927 – December 24, 2014) was an American

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player and member of the

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. He attended and played basketball at the former Miller High School in

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. He joined the Globetrotters in 1949, and in 1955 succeeded Reece "Goose" Tatum as the team's primary showman. In 1968 he became player-coach, and played in more than 5,000 games before his retirement in 1974. Hall died in his hometown of Detroit on 24 December 2014. He was 87.

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