# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-kleine
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:22:04.804Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-kleine"
name: "Joe Kleine"
slug: "joe-kleine"
description: "Joseph William Kleine is an American former professional basketball player who played fifteen seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and for the US national team. He won a gold medal as a member of the United States men's basketball team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In 1998, he won the NBA championship as a member of the Chicago Bulls. Kleine is now a restaurant proprietor, owning a number of successful Corky's Ribs & BBQ restaurants."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe_Kleine_1986-87.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: "1962-01-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.61235866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 246
sources:
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    title: "乔·克莱恩"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جو كلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جو كلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kleine"
    title: "Joe Kleine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kleine"
    title: "Joe Kleine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kleine"
    title: "Joe Kleine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kleine"
    title: "Joe Kleine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "جو کلاین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kleine"
    title: "Joe Kleine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kleine"
    title: "Joe Kleine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kleine"
    title: "Joe Kleine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kleine"
    title: "Joe Kleine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kleine"
    title: "Joe Kleine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kleine"
    title: "Joe Kleine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kleine"
    title: "Joe Kleine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE"
    title: "Клейн, Джо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kleine"
    title: "Joe Kleine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD"
    title: "Джо Клейн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2562137"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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