RIP Globetrotter Fred "Curly" Neal

[Chris Craig]

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/harlem...urly-neal-dies-at-77-years-old-191923277.html

We've lost a basketball legend

RIP Curly

 

[Hoopguru]

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/harlem...urly-neal-dies-at-77-years-old-191923277.html

We've lost a basketball legend

RIP Curly

RIP Curly....a True Globtrotter
Had the privilege to see him a few times!

 

[e_blazer]

Just saw that on ESPN. Man, he was fun to watch.

 

[Wade Garrett]

Didn't some coach (college...pro?)
use Curly Neal to demonstrate dribbling to his team? Abused them in a drill?
Seems to me, it wasn't too long ago..
Am I trippin' on this?
Was fortunate enough to see the Globetrotters in their early 1970's heyday.
A memory I could never forget.

 

[Wade Garrett]

Didn't some coach (college...pro?)
use Curly Neal to demonstrate dribbling to his team? Abused them in a drill?
Seems to me, it wasn't too long ago..
Am I trippin' on this?
Was fortunate enough to see the Globetrotters in their early 1970's heyday.
A memory I could never forget.

Story time...
Was 10 years old...
My dad was a pretty big guy..hard to miss in a crowd...
At one point in the game my dad got up to go take a piss..As he was walking up the steps, Meadowlark Lemon stopped the game and started yelling " HEY. ..HEY...HEY YOU.."
He was yelling at my overweight father marching up the stairs...when dad finally realized he was the target, and turned around, Meadowlark yells " I......KNOW.......WHERE.......YOU'RE......GOING!!!!!.....)
It was hillarious, and my dad, who somewhat resembled Jackie Gleason did the Gleason dance back...

 

[STOMP]

Weird times, no matter who you were in life no one who dies these days gets to have a funeral.

STOMP

 

[KSF-ERIC]

Corona?

 

[PDXFonz]

The OG

 

[Chris Craig]

Corona?

Cause of death wasn't given, other than he had suffered a stroke and was ill following it.