# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leroy-edwards
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:28:31.334Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leroy-edwards"
name: "Leroy Edwards"
slug: "leroy-edwards"
description: "Leroy Harry Edwards was an American basketball player. He played professionally for Oshkosh All-Stars of the National Basketball League and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of the pre-NBA era. His nicknames included \"Cowboy\" and \"Lefty\"."
tagline: "All-American basketball player"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b3/Leroy_Edwards.jpg"
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: "1914-04-11"
deathDate: "1971-08-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.61
  momentum:             19.10778889125346
  historical:           5.684594666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leroy_Edwards"
    title: "Leroy Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7_%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "لوروا إدواردز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "لوروا ادواردز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%81%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B9"
    title: "Эдвардс, Лерой"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leroy_Edwards"
    title: "Leroy Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leroy_Edwards"
    title: "Leroy Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3830797"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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