RIP Curly Neal

[largemouth]

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

 

[largemouth]

The Washington Generals were the team the 'Trotters beat most of the time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Generals

 

[VanPastorMan]

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

One good dude. RIP. He was a friend to everybody who knew him.

 

[MyTeamIsOnTheFloor]

The Washington Generals were the team the 'Trotters beat most of the time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Generals

Knew a guy who played for the Generals.

Knew 2 who played for the Globetrotters.

All 3 were great guys.

 

[Cream&Crimson]

I saw Curly play years ago in Marion. RIP.

 

[hookyIU1990]

I saw Curly play years ago in Marion. RIP.

Probably the day before or after I saw them in Logansport.

 

[Brockway]

I saw Curly play years ago in Marion. RIP.

I did too, early to mid '70s. I got his autograph...
We were standing by their bus after the game. He boarded the bus and sat in the front seat.
I walked to the bus and onto the bus steps and got his autograph.
I think that was the first time I realized that if you act like you know what you're doing and that you belong where you're at, you can get away with quite a lot. I was somewhere in the 9 - 12 age range. I've used that rule several times over the years to sit in seats that were a lot better than the seating location on my ticket.