Melvin Turpin
Sign in to saveAlso known as Mel Turpin, Dinner Bell, Big Dipper, The Mealman
American basketball player (1960-2010)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1986-05
Discography
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lexington
- Place of death
- Lexington
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Educated at
- University of Kentucky
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
- Position played
- center
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 109
- Height
- 211
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- date of birth
- 1960-12-28
- date of death
- 2010-07-08
- manner of death
- Suicide
- drafted by
- Washington Wizards
- name
- Mel Turpin
- birth name
- Melvin Harrison Turpin
- nickname
- The Mealman
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- end of work period
- 1990-00-00
- start of work period
- 1984-00-00
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