John "Casey" Holt was an American basketball player, part of the
New York Renaissance,
which was also known as the Harlem Rens.
The Rens were elected to the
Basketball Hall of Fame
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 1000 Hall of Fame Avenue in Springfield, Massachusetts. It serves as basketball's most complete library, in addition to promoting and pre ...
in 1963 as a team, with three of the players and their coach also being selected as individuals.
[ Holt was a member of the 1932–33 team that won 88 straight games and was called the magnificent 7.]
See also
*Black Fives
Black Fives is a trademarked term, federally registered in the United States Patent & Trademark Office, that refers to the all-Black basketball teams that existed in the United States between 1904, when the game was first introduced to African Ame ...
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New York Renaissance players
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