RIP Globetrotter Fred "Curly" Neal

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  1. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Just saw that on ESPN. Man, he was fun to watch.
     
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    Wade Garrett Exactly right.

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    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.
     
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    Wade Garrett Exactly right.

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

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    Corona?
     
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    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    The OG
     
  9. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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

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