# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roy-tarpley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:19:58.691Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roy-tarpley"
name: "Roy Tarpley"
slug: "roy-tarpley"
description: "Roy James Tarpley Jr. was an American professional basketball player. He played the power forward and center positions in the National Basketball Association (NBA), earning an NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award in 1988. In 1995, Tarpley was permanently banned by the NBA due to his drug and alcohol abuse. He played in Europe for Olympiacos, Aris, and Iraklis."
tagline: "American basketball player (1964–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roy_Tarpley.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: "1964-11-28"
deathDate: "2015-01-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.948104606499886
  historical:           16.974312
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump