"Dancing" Harry, Basketball Mascot.
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SPORTS MASCOTS \ FANATICS
"Dancing" Harry of the ABA and NBA
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Dancing Harry was a staple at Madison Square Garden in the early 1970s at all New York Knicks home games. He would dance on the sidelines during timeouts and give the Whammy to the opposition. Apparently he was a sidekick to Earl Monroe as he was also the mascot for the Baltimore Bullets when Earl played there.
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His real name was Edward Cooper, who, as of 2001, was spending his days as a skycap at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore, Maryland.
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The Indiana Pacers' incredible 1975 Playoff run was fueled by none
other than "Dancing" Harry.
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"Dancing" Harry's sole purpose was to put a hex -- the "Whammy" -- on the opposing team.
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During a time out, he would dance, twirl his cape, and shake his fingers at the other team's huddle.
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From that point on, the Pacers' opponent was doomed. In the 1975 ABA Playoffs, "Dancing" Harry's hex worked against the heavily favored San Antonio Spurs and Denver Nuggets, but failed in the Championship Series against the Kentucky Colonels.
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