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Harlem Globetrotters' legend Curly Neal passes away at 77.
« on: March 26, 2020, 03:51:33 PM »

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https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28958864/globetrotters-legend-fred-curly-neal-dies-77

RIP Curly. You throughly entertained me many times during my youth. Heck, you were even great on Scooby Doo!!!

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Very sad. TP, Nick, for starting the thread and for the Scooby-Doo reference—love that episode. Curly Neal brought a lot of smiles during his lifetime. RIP.
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Curly Neal.  Dribbler extraordinaire.  Globetrotters were a phenomenon back in the day and Curly Neal was one of the great faces of the legendary act.

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one of the all-time great entertainers with the Globe Trotters.  wasn't the same when he, Geese and Meadowlark left the Trotters

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one of the all-time great entertainers with the Globe Trotters.  wasn't the same when he, Geese and Meadowlark left the Trotters
Curly and Meadowlark were magic together. So funny, so gifted with the ball, so entertaining.

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Curly and Geese were on the plane that was forced to land on Gilligan's Island, and played a game against the villain's team of robots. Play-by-play call by Chick Hearn. A B-movie classic! (Or maybe D).

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one of the all-time great entertainers with the Globe Trotters.  wasn't the same when he, Geese and Meadowlark left the Trotters
Curly and Meadowlark were magic together. So funny, so gifted with the ball, so entertaining.

Saw them live when I was a kid.  Pure magic.  Rest in peace, Curly!  And keep smiling!
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man that sucks .  He was a basketball idol of mine as kid .   

Rest in peace  Curly .     

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Before Steph Curry, there was Curly Neal

5' 10" former point guard

Career highlight: 1973-74 championship, Boston Celtics

Career lowlight: traded for a washing machine