# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/earl-cureton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:38:01.988Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/earl-cureton"
name: "Earl Cureton"
slug: "earl-cureton"
description: "Earl Cureton was an American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed \"the Twirl\", he played college basketball for the Robert Morris Colonials and Detroit Mercy Titans. Cureton was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the third round of the 1979 NBA draft. He won an NBA championship with the 76ers and the Houston Rockets, and also played in the NBA for the Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Clippers, Charlotte Hornets, and Toronto Raptors. He also played in multiple countries overseas."
tagline: "American basketball player (1957–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2002_Summer_Pro_League_(Long_Beach)_-_Earl_Cureton.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: "1957-09-03"
deathDate: "2024-02-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.7
  momentum:             2.186878727634195
  historical:           9.177469333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "厄尔·丘尔顿"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "إيرل كورتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ايرل كورتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Cureton"
    title: "Earl Cureton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Cureton"
    title: "Earl Cureton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ارل کورتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Cureton"
    title: "Earl Cureton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Cureton"
    title: "Earl Cureton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Cureton"
    title: "Earl Cureton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Cureton"
    title: "Earl Cureton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2331753"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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