These eight people have been officially named as honorary members by the team:[17][18]Henry Kissinger (1976)
Bob Hope (1977)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1989)
Whoopi Goldberg (1990)
Nelson Mandela (1996)
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1999)
Pope John Paul II (2000) - Press agent Lee Solters arranged a ceremony orchestrated in front of a crowd of 50,000 in Saint Peter's Square in which the Pope was recognized as an honorary Globetrotter.[19]
Jesse Jackson (2001)In addition, Bill Cosby (in 1972) and Magic Johnson (in 2003) have been signed to $1 a year lifetime contracts with the Globetrotters.[20] Cosby's was increased to $1.05 in 1986.[21] In 2009, the Globetrotters drafted Tim Howard, the goalkeeper for the U.S. national soccer team and a former basketball player, to be an ambassador for the club.
Poll Results
| Option | Votes |
| Tim Howard | 4 |
| Bill Cosby | 2 |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 1 |
| Magic Johnson | 0 |
| Jesse Jackson | 0 |
| Pope John Paul II | 0 |
| Jackie Joyner-Kersee | 0 |
| Nelson Mandela | 0 |
| Whoopi Goldberg | 0 |
| Bob Hope | 0 |
| Henry Kissinger | 0 |
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Friday, 6 January 2012 17:34 (fourteen years ago)