# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bobby-joe-hill
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:58:46.219Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bobby-joe-hill"
name: "Bobby Joe Hill"
slug: "bobby-joe-hill"
description: "Tyrone Bobby Joe Hill was an American basketball player and was the leading scorer of the 1965–66 Texas Western College team, helping the Miners win the 1966 NCAA basketball championship. The victory is considered one of the most important wins in American sports history – Texas Western started an all-black starting lineup, against the all-white University of Kentucky."
tagline: "American basketball player (1943-2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bobby_Joe_Hill_1966.jpeg?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: "1943-06-12"
deathDate: "2002-12-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.72
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.778050666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Joe_Hill"
    title: "Bobby Joe Hill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "بوبي جو هيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "بوبى جو هيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B1%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE"
    title: "Хилл, Бобби Джо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Joe_Hill"
    title: "Bobby Joe Hill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Joe_Hill"
    title: "Bobby Joe Hill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4497582"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump