Here’s A Photo Of Prince, Basketball Player

March 4, 2015

Before belting “Purple Rain,” Prince was most likely making it rain on the court. Thanks to these Twitter posts showing snippets from Minneapolis Star Tribune archives, we now know that Prince was quite the baller as a kid.

First, the picture from Bryant Jr. High, showing off the ‘fro.

Based on Prince’s age, the picture is most likely from around 1972.

His old basketball coach thought he could have started on one of the best teams he had ever seen.

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