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| name = Holcombe Rucker Park | image = | photo = RuckerPark.jpg | photo_width = | photo_alt = | photo_caption = | map = | map_width = | type = | location = Manhattan, New York City | coords = | coordinates = | coords_ref = | area = 3.05 acres | created = | operator = | visitation_num = | status = | designation = | website = | open = | owner = New York City Department of Parks and Recreation }} Rucker Park is a basketball court in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, at 155th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard across the street from the former Polo Grounds site; it is geographically at the base of a large cliff named Coogan's Bluff.[1] Many who played at the park in the Rucker Tournament achieved a level of fame for their abilities, and several have gone on to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Rucker Park was featured in the TNT television film On Hallowed Ground: Streetball Champions of Rucker Park, which aired in 2000 and won a Sports Emmy Award. It was also featured in 2018 films Uncle Drew and Black Panther. HistoryThe court is named after Holcombe Rucker, a local teacher and a playground director for the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Rucker started a basketball tournament in 1950 in order to help less-fortunate kids stay off the streets and aim for college careers.[1][2] The players in the Rucker Tournament featured slam dunks, crossover dribbles, and bravado that excited the crowd, a playing style then foreign to the National Basketball Association (NBA).[3] Notable playersAlthough many professional basketball players have played at the court after gaining prominence, many others developed their basketball skills at Rucker prior to becoming notable in the sport, including: {{Div col|colwidth=16em}}
References1. ^1 2 3 History in the Making at Rucker's Park {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616085811/http://www.harlemlive.org/community/parks/ruckerpark/ |date=June 16, 2009 }} 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite news |title=Carrying On an Asphalt Legacy |first=DeMasio |last=Nunyo |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE0DE163DF932A1575BC0A963958260 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 21, 1995 |accessdate=October 6, 2007}} 3. ^{{cite book |last=Pomerantz |first=Gary M. |pages=123–4|year=2005 |title=Wilt, 1962: The Night of 100 Points and the Dawn of a New Era |location=New York |publisher=Crown |isbn=1-4000-5160-6 }} 4. ^{{cite news |title=Nets Win, but Challenging Trip Awaits |first=Popper |last=Steve |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E1D81730F93BA25752C0A9659C8B63 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 18, 2003 |accessdate=October 7, 2007 |quote=With the Rucker Park legend Rafer Alston now the biggest attraction for Toronto, the Nets' only moments of suspense came when they attempted to compile their own mix of highlights.}} 5. ^Mallozzi, Vincent M. (2003). [https://books.google.com/books?id=WEkupIjTKcEC&pg=PT7&dq=Ron+Artest+++Rucker+Park&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi0wICo3bTLAhVX2mMKHQ3wDk4Q6AEIHTAA#v=onepage&q=Ron%20Artest%20%20%20Rucker%20Park&f=false Asphalt Gods: An Oral History of the Rucker Tournament]. New York: Knopf Doubleday. Retrieved March 9, 2016. 6. ^{{cite web |title=Connie Hawkins: Thoughts on Wilt |url=http://www.nba.com/suns/news/wilt_memories.html#hawkins |accessdate=July 3, 2009}} 7. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/794133-playground-legends-ten-best-nba-players-at-rucker-park/page/2|title=Playground Legends: 10 Best NBA Players at Rucker Park|author=No Name|work=Bleacher Report}} 8. ^1 2 {{cite news |title=Empty Garden: Why did New York stop growing basketball stars? |first=Jason |last=Zengerie |url=http://www.tnr.com/article/empty-garden |magazine=The New Republic |date=April 15, 2009 |accessdate=June 28, 2010}} 9. ^1 2 {{Cite news |last=Mallozzi |first=Vincent M. |title=His Eyes Have Seen the Glory of Rucker Park |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 24, 2007 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/24/sports/basketball/24cheer.html |accessdate=June 28, 2010}} 10. ^{{Cite news|date=June 24, 2007|url=http://www.basketball.org/courts/new-york/rucker-park/|publisher=Basketball.org|title=Rucker Park|accessdate=June 28, 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130414080529/http://www.basketball.org/courts/new-york/rucker-park/|archivedate=April 14, 2013|df=}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/nba/photos/2011/08/02nba-players-at-rucker-park#16|title=NBA Players At Rucker Park|author=via YouTube|work=SI.com}} 12. ^Jamaal Tinsley Interview, Inside Hoops, January 7, 2005. Accessed October 7, 2007. "InsideHoops.com: In your high school years, out of the gym, which parks were you playing at? Jamaal Tinsley: Everywhere. West 4th. 68th, the Pro-Am tournament. Rucker. Soul in the Hole. That's it, mainly, in New York City." External links{{commons category}}
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