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Frederick "Curly" Neal (May 19, 1942 – March 26, 2020) was an American basketball player who played with the Harlem Globetrotters, instantly recognizable with his shaved bald head. Following in the footsteps of Marques Haynes , Neal became the Trotters' featured ballhandler, a key role in the team's exhibition act.
Harlem Globetrotters legend Fred “Curly” Neal died early Thursday.
Fred “Curly” Neal, the longtime Harlem Globetrotters guard whose dazzling dribbling and penchant for half-court shots entertained several generations of basketball fans, has died. He passed on ...
Haynes, circa 1950. Haynes played with the Globetrotters from 1947 to 1953. One of the exhibition games in which he played was the famous game in West Berlin on August 22, 1951, where a landmark 75,000 people were recorded in attendance—although Haynes later insisted the turnout was closer to 90,000—and Haynes met track star Jesse Owens, with whom he roomed on the tour.
Meadowlark Lemon (born Meadow Lemon III; [1] April 25, 1932 – December 27, 2015), [2] was an American basketball player, actor, and Christian minister.For 22 years, he was known as the "Clown Prince" of the touring Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. [3]
Plastic surgery nearly fully restored his broken nose and cheek. Tone subsequently married Payton, but divorced her in 1952, after obtaining photographic evidence she had continued her relationship with Neal. [67] [68] Payton and Neal capitalized on the scandal touring with a production of The Postman Always Rings Twice. [69]
Curley "Boo" Johnson (born February 10, 1965) is an American basketball player, best known as a member of the Harlem Globetrotters, an American exhibition basketball team. Family [ edit ]
Stu Gilliam – Freddie "Curly" Neal; Johnny Williams – Hubert "Geese" Ausbie; Richard Elkins – J.C. "Gip" Gipson; Eddie "Rochester" Anderson – Bobby Joe Mason; Robert DoQui – Pablo Robertson; Nancy Wible – "Granny" Guard Leon Hillard was originally planned to be on the series, but was cut out of the cast prior to the start of production.