Sonny Boswell

Sonny Boswell

Personal information
Born	(1919-05-19)May 19, 1919 Greenville, Mississippi, U.S.
Died	October 19, 1964(1964-10-19) (aged 45) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school	Scott (Toledo, Ohio)
Position	Guard
Career history
1937–1938	Jesse Owens Olympians
1938–1941	Harlem Globetrotters
1941–1943	New York Rens
1942–1943	Chicago Studebaker Flyers
1943–1944	Harlem Globetrotters
1944–1945	New York Rens
1945–1946	Chicago Monarchs
1945–1946	Anderson Chiefs
1946–1947	Dayton Mets
1947–1948	Ciralsky Meat Packers
Career highlights and awards
All-NBL Second Team (1943)
Basketball Hall of Fame

Wyatt "Sonny" Boswell (May 19, 1919 – October 19, 1964) was an early African American professional basketball player. He was born in Greenville, Mississippi and grew up in Toledo, Ohio, where he attended Scott High School. He played for the Harlem Globetrotters from 1939 to 1941 and again from 1943 to 1944.

Boswell was known for taking long distance trick shots to entertain the fans. Abe Saperstein, the manager of the Globetrotters, described Boswell as "one of the great long shot artists of his day". In 1940, Boswell was named MVP of the World Professional Basketball Tournament after scoring eleven points in the Globetrotters' 31–29 championship win over the Chicago Bruins.

During the 1942–43 season, Boswell played for the Chicago Studebaker Flyers of the National Basketball League. He was one of a group of former Harlem Globetrotters who joined the previously all-white NBL to replace players who had recently been drafted for World War II. Over the years, Boswell also appeared in games for the New York Renaissance and the Chicago Monarchs.

After his basketball career, Boswell settled in Chicago, where he managed the Pershing Hotel and later owned his own bowling alley, called Sonny Boswell's South Park Bowl. He died of a heart attack at age 45 in 1964.