RIP Curly Neal

[The Prisoner]

Who doesn’t like the globetrotters. Saw Curly when I was a kid. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28958864/globetrotters-legend-fred-curly-neal-dies-77

 

[sirbob]

I guess i assumed he was older than that and already passed! I guess I haven't been following the HG lately ;-)

RIP to a great entertainer

 

[Bullet28]

Saw a lot of them back in the day, they were fun to watch.

 

[beertruck]

I remember seeing him in the early 70's, he must have only been in his 20's then. I would have thought he was much older as well

 

[NorCalRiverRat]

Saw a lot of them back in the day, they were fun to watch.

yep, Meadowlark Lemon


guess they are on the same team now...if there is a team where they are...



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[Hallett Dave]

They performed at our high school in 1965, I was a freshman. Very entertaining.

 

[Bullet28]

yep, Meadowlark Lemon


guess they are on the same team now...if there is a team where they are...



?

Not sure, I’m sure they still perform. I did hear at times on the radio where they would be at.

 

[Willie B]

yep, Meadowlark Lemon


guess they are on the same team now...if there is a team where they are...

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...And Goose Tatum going way back to the early 50s...My dad took me to see them probably 52 to 56ish ... I believe they were playing at the Los Angeles Coliseum???...

 

[HB2Havasu]

RIP Curly. You gave me lots of smiles when I was a child watching the Globetrotters. Best Ball Handler Ever!!!

 

[checkrd past]

saw them twice when I was a kid in Witchita

 

[Lumpy]

 

[monkeyswrench]

I saw them in 83 or 84. Pops had gotten tickets. I was maybe 6 or 7. For the life of me, I can't remember any other family going? I remember Pops laughing, and I remember thinking how cool it was, these guys had been on Scooby Doo and Gilligan's Island. Curly was the man!

Kind of odd, but I think this is more of a sad thing to me than Kobe...but for the same reasons. People who watched Kobe play with their family and friends, probably have that connection. I never did watch "modern" NBA...but I can still remember watching both those players with my Pops 30+ years ago.