when was goose tatum born
Reece Tatum. Reece Goose Tatum, born May 3rd, 1921 in El Dorado, AR, was a Negro League baseball player from 1938-1948, as well as a Hall of Fame basketball player with the Harlem Globetrotters. Biography. A lanky, goofy character, Reece Tatum was every bit an entertainer as he was a natural athlete. Known to fans by his nickname Goose, Tatum began his professional career in the later 1930s with the Louisville Black Colonels as a teenager.