# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/curly-neal
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:01:06.134Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/curly-neal"
name: "Curly Neal"
slug: "curly-neal"
description: "Frederick \"Curly\" Neal was an American basketball player who played with the Harlem Globetrotters, instantly recognizable with his shaved bald head. Following in the footsteps of Marques Haynes, Neal became the Trotters' featured ballhandler, a key role in the team's exhibition act."
tagline: "American basketball player (1942–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Globe_trotting_080817-F-0298S-003.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: "1942-05-19"
deathDate: "2020-03-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.48
  momentum:             0.4240282685512368
  historical:           8.182874666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0623594/"
    handle:    "nm0623594"
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curly_Neal"
    title: "Curly Neal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "كيرلي نيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "كيرلى نيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curly_Neal"
    title: "Curly Neal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curly_Neal"
    title: "Curly Neal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curly_Neal"
    title: "Curly Neal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curly_Neal"
    title: "Curly Neal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curly_Neal"
    title: "Curly Neal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BB%2C_%D0%9A%D1%91%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Нил, Кёрли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5495990"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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