(1942-05-19)May 19, 1942 Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Died
March 26, 2020(2020-03-26) (aged 77) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Nationality
American
Listed height
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight
162 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High school
Dudley (Greensboro, North Carolina)
College
Johnson C. Smith (1959–1963)
Playing career
1963–1985
Position
Point guard
Number
22
Career history
1963–1985
Harlem Globetrotters
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.
Frederick "Curly" Neal (May 19, 1942 – March 26, 2020) was an American basketball player who played with the Harlem Globetrotters, instantly recognizable...
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to a guard named Eddie Mahar, who was team captain. Harlem's captain, CurlyNeal, did not play in this game. While the Globetrotters were entertaining...
appearances in The New Scooby-Doo Movies. Lemon appeared alongside Fred "Curly" Neal, Marques Haynes and his other fellow Globetrotters in a live-action Saturday-morning...
2000 20 Marques Haynes 1947–1953, 1972–1979 January 5, 2001 22 Fred "Curly" Neal 1963–1985 February 15, 2008 34 Charles "Tex" Harrison 1954–1972 December...
Marques Haynes Charles "Tex" Harrison Hubert "Geese" Ausbie Nate Branch CurlyNeal Theodis "Wolfman" Lee John Smith Bobby Joe Mason Avery Schreiber as Mr...
off the court. Also called "Fluid Man" and even "Aquaman". Freddie "Curly" Neal/Super Sphere (voiced by Stu Gilliam) - Could retract his limbs into his...
game influenced players such as Bob Cousy, Pete Maravich, and Fred "Curly" Neal. He has been described as one of the best basketball players never to...
a spoof of the television series I Spy. He was the voice of Freddie "Curly" Neal on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series Harlem Globetrotters in the early...
Globetrotters for 20 years with Marques Haynes, Meadowlark Lemon, and Fred "Curly" Neal. Jackson was a member of Boys High Hall of Fame, Virginia Union Hall...
ceremony and public open house featuring the Orlando Magic Dancers and CurlyNeal. In 1991, the facility was voted "Arena of the Year" by Performance Magazine...
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Tyrone Finch as Meadowlark Lemon, Ana Gasteyer as Mary, Tim Meadows as CurlyNeal, Tracy Morgan as Hubert "Geese" Ausbie, and Robert Smigel. This segment...
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids 1972-1985 Bill Cosby Bill Cosby Freddie "Curly" Neal (Super Sphere) Harlem Globetrotters 1970-1971 Stu Gilliam Hanna-Barbera...
(b. 1947) Terrence McNally, American playwright (b. 1938) March 26 – CurlyNeal, American basketball player with the Harlem Globetrotters (b. 1942) March...
catcher and coach, and manager of Texas Rangers and Cincinnati Reds Fred "Curly" Neal (1942–2020), guard for Harlem Globetrotters (Greensboro) John Hunter...
Tyrone Finch as Meadowlark Lemon, Ana Gasteyer as Mary, Tim Meadows as CurlyNeal, Tracy Morgan as Hubert "Geese" Ausbie, and Robert Smigel. Note: This...
Complications at 69". The Hollywood Reporter. "Harlem Globetrotters Legend CurlyNeal Passes Away 77". Harlem Globetrotters. March 26, 2020. Barnes, Mike (April...
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Marie, Philip McKeon, Jimmy Blacklock, Lou Dunbar, Billy Ray Hobley, CurlyNeal, Gator Rivers, and the Harlem Globetrotters ("Hoopla") 184 18 "Ace in...
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