# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tal-brody
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:28:44.989Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tal-brody"
name: "Tal Brody"
slug: "tal-brody"
description: "Talbot \"Tal\" Brody, nicknamed Mr. Basketball, is an American-Israeli former professional basketball player and current goodwill ambassador of Israel. Brody was drafted #12 in the 1965 NBA draft, but chose to pass up an NBA career, to instead play basketball in Israel. He played on national basketball teams of both the United States and Israel, and served in the armies of both countries."
tagline: "American-Israeli basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TalBrody.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: "1943-08-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.59546933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3800697/"
    handle:    "nm3800697"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.talbrody.co.il"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tal_Brody"
    title: "Tal Brody"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A"
    title: "تال برودي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%89"
    title: "تال برودى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tal_Brody"
    title: "Tal Brody"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tal_Brody"
    title: "Tal Brody"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C"
    title: "تل برودی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tal_Brody"
    title: "Tal Brody"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%9C_%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99"
    title: "טל ברודי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tal_Brody"
    title: "Tal Brody"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tal_Brody"
    title: "Tal Brody"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Броди, Таль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%96"
    title: "Таль Броді"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2062129"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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