Detroit Stars - Decline and Demise

Decline and Demise

In 1958, Detroit Stars owner Ted Rasberry renamed his team "Goose Tatum's Detroit Clowns" after Reece "Goose" Tatum, a famous member of basketball's Harlem Globetrotters and a Negro league superstar.

The team ceased operations in 1960.

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