# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/teofilo-cruz
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:14:47.266Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/teofilo-cruz"
name: "Teófilo Cruz"
slug: "teofilo-cruz"
description: "Teófilo \"Teo\" Cruz Downs was a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. After playing college basketball, Cruz played in Puerto Rico's top-level league, the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN) with Cangrejeros de Santurce, Indios de Canóvanas, Mets de Guaynabo, Cardenales de Río Piedras, and Taínos de Mayagüez. Cruz also played in Spain with Picadero Damm, and in Belgium with Racing Club Mechelen."
tagline: "Puerto Rican basketball player (1942-2005)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bb/Teofilo_Cruz.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: "1942-01-08"
deathDate: "2005-08-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.83
  momentum:             4.999999999999998
  historical:           9.815228
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Теофіло Круз"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "تيوفيلو كروز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "تيوفيلو كروز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te%C3%B3filo_Cruz"
    title: "Teófilo Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te%C3%B3filo_Cruz"
    title: "Teófilo Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "تئوفیلو کروز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te%C3%B3filo_Cruz"
    title: "Teófilo Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te%C3%B3filo_Cruz"
    title: "Teófilo Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95_%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%96"
    title: "טאופילו קרוז"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teo_Cruz"
    title: "Teo Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te%C3%B3filo_Cruz"
    title: "Teófilo Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1752941"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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