# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/neil-johnston
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:29:43.959Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/neil-johnston"
name: "Neil Johnston"
slug: "neil-johnston"
description: "Donald Neil Johnston was an American basketball player and coach. A center, Johnston played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1951 to 1959. He was a member of the Philadelphia Warriors for his entire career. Known for his hook shot, Johnston was a six-time NBA All-Star; he led the NBA in scoring three times and led the league in rebounding once. He won an NBA championship with the Warriors in 1956. After his playing career ended due to a knee injury, Johnston coached in the NBA, in other professional basketball leagues, and at the collegiate level. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 1990."
tagline: "American Hall of Fame basketball player (1929–1978)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1929-02-04"
deathDate: "1978-09-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.65796
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Neil Johnston"
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    title: "Neil Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Neil Johnston"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump