Frank Washington

Biography

Frank Washington (4 April 1921 - 24 January 2013) was an American basketball player. He was born and raised in Germantown and graduated from Germantown High School. Washington was a 6'4" guard from Wilberforce, Ohio. Before joining the US Navy, he played one season for the New York Rens from 1941 to 1942 . In 1945, he played for the Washington Bears. Washington was part of the first Harlem Globetrotters team to travel around the world. Washington was a member of the Harlem Globetrotters from 1946 to 1960. After his basketball career, he joined Pepsi-Cola, working in advertising, then sales, and rising to the position of community relations manager. His daughter Michelle Washington was also a basketball player. Washington died on 24 Jan 2013 at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital at the age of 91.

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  TP

  1980

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  First Class

  1979

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  McFadden & Whitehead

  1979

Credited work

54 releases · 9 albums · active 1975–2018

• Performance · 56
• Other credits · 6

Studios: Sigma Sound Studios · Sigma Sound Studios, New York · Fantasy Studios · Mastersound Studio, Virginia Beach

Frequent collaborators

• The Futures
• Teddy Pendergrass
• Billy Paul
• McFadden & Whitehead
• The Delfonics
• The Detroit Spinners

Around the web

• Wikipedia