# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/clifton-mcneely
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:42:27.688Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/clifton-mcneely"
name: "Clifton McNeely"
slug: "clifton-mcneely"
description: "Clyde Clifton McNeely was an American basketball player and coach. A 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) forward, he played college basketball for the Texas Wesleyan Rams for three seasons and led the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in scoring during his senior season in 1946–47. McNeely was the first player ever drafted in the National Basketball Association (NBA) when he was selected by the Pittsburgh Ironmen as the first pick of the league's inaugural 1947 draft. He never played professional basketball and instead pursued a coaching career at Pampa High School in Texas."
tagline: "American basketball player-coach (1919-2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Clifton_McNeely.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: "1919-06-22"
deathDate: "2003-12-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           10.13827066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "克里夫顿·麦克内利"
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    title: "كليفتون مكنيلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Clifton McNeely"
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  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton_McNeely"
    title: "Clifton McNeely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton_McNeely"
    title: "Clifton McNeely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton_McNeely"
    title: "Clifton McNeely"
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    title: "Քլիֆթոն Մակնիլի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton_McNeely"
    title: "Clifton McNeely"
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    title: "Clifton McNeely"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump