# Jimmy Needles

> James R. Needles was an American basketball coach best known for being the United States' first Olympic basketball coach in 1936.

*American basketball player and coach (1900–1969)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/jimmy-needles

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Basketball Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646))
- **Category:** Basketball Players
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1900-03-03
- **Died:** 1969-07-22
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 38.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 4.3 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 6.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [James Needles](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Needles)
- [چيمى نيدليس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%89_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3)
- [Τζίμυ Νιντλς](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%AF%CE%BC%CF%85_%CE%9D%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BB%CF%82)
- [Jimmy Needles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Needles)
- [James Needles](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Needles)
- [James Needles](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Needles)
- [James Needles](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Needles)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1138682)

---
Generated by Fame.am · https://fame.am/person/jimmy-needles