Ermer Robinson was a native of

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. He graduated from high school in 1942. Robinson was a member of the Harlem Globetrotters. Robinson shot the game winning basket when the Globetrotters beat the Lakers. Robinson was Head Coach of the Oakland Oaks and the general manager for the

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, both of the American Basketball League. He was a coach for Oakland in 1962. He joined the

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and the Globetrotters when the war ended. He died from cancer in 1983.

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