Mr. Powell was one of the players in the first Harlem Rucker Pro tournament where it was originally founded in the 1960's on 127th Street and Seventh Avenue.

Mr. Powell played with the great "Connie Hawkins", "Rabbitt" (the Boston Celtics) , Ed Warner, Carl Green, Jack Ferris and Buddy Thompson among many other great Harlem street basketball players up until the 1970's well before the great "Joe Hammond."