# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cleveland-buckner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:13:53.316Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cleveland-buckner"
name: "Cleveland Buckner"
slug: "cleveland-buckner"
description: "Cleveland Buckner was an American basketball player. A forward-center from Yazoo City, Mississippi, he played collegiately for the Jackson State University and was selected by the New York Knicks in the 6th round of the 1961 NBA draft.\nHe played 68 games for the Knicks in the NBA from 1961 to 1963."
tagline: "American basketball player (1938-2006)"
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: "1938-08-17"
deathDate: "2006-10-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.94
  momentum:             2.857142857142857
  historical:           5.470410666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Buckner"
    title: "Cleveland Buckner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كليفلاند باكنر"
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    title: "كليفلاند باكنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%8B%E5%88%A9%E5%A4%AB%E5%85%B0%C2%B7%E5%B7%B4%E5%85%8B%E7%BA%B3"
    title: "克利夫兰·巴克纳"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Buckner"
    title: "Cleveland Buckner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Buckner"
    title: "Cleveland Buckner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3680582"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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