# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-kurland
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:32:55.215Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-kurland"
name: "Bob Kurland"
slug: "bob-kurland"
description: "Robert Albert Kurland was an American basketball player, who played for the two-time NCAA champion Oklahoma A&M Aggies. Standing 7-foot (2.1 m) tall, he has been credited as the first person to dunk in a college basketball game. He led the U.S. basketball team to gold medals in two Summer Olympics, and led his AAU team to three national titles. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame."
tagline: "American basketball player (1924–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bob_Kurland_OSU.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1924-12-23"
deathDate: "2013-09-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.89
  momentum:             1.5
  historical:           17.242984
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "鲍勃·库兰"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bob Kurland"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Kurland"
    title: "Bob Kurland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bob Kurland"
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    title: "Bob Kurland"
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    title: "Bob Kurland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bob Kurland"
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    title: "Bob Kurland"
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    title: "Кёрланд, Боб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump