Curt Flood
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Curt Flood was an American Major League Baseball center fielder whose legal challenge to the reserve clause helped pave the way for free agency and transform players’ rights in professional sports.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Curt Flood canonical | 8 |
| Curt Flood as a pioneer of players’ rights | 1 |
| Curt Flood's contributions to players' rights | 1 |
| Curtis Charles Flood | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T541372 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Curt Flood Context triple: [McClymonds High School, notableAlumnus, Curt Flood]
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A.
Joe Garagiola
Joe Garagiola was an American Major League Baseball catcher who became a widely recognized sportscaster and television personality.
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B.
Billy Cunningham
Billy Cunningham is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known for his starring role with the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1960s and 1970s and later leading the team to an NBA championship as head coach.
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C.
Frank Robinson
Frank Robinson was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball outfielder and manager, renowned as one of the game’s greatest sluggers and the first player to win MVP awards in both the National and American Leagues.
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D.
Fergie Jenkins
Fergie Jenkins is a Canadian Hall of Fame pitcher renowned for his dominant tenure in Major League Baseball, particularly with the Chicago Cubs in the late 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
Lenny Wilkens
Lenny Wilkens is a Hall of Fame American basketball coach and former player best known for his long NBA coaching career and leading the 1996 U.S. Olympic "Dream Team" to a gold medal.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Curt Flood Target entity description: Curt Flood was an American Major League Baseball center fielder whose legal challenge to the reserve clause helped pave the way for free agency and transform players’ rights in professional sports.
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A.
Joe Garagiola
Joe Garagiola was an American Major League Baseball catcher who became a widely recognized sportscaster and television personality.
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B.
Billy Cunningham
Billy Cunningham is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known for his starring role with the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1960s and 1970s and later leading the team to an NBA championship as head coach.
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C.
Frank Robinson
Frank Robinson was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball outfielder and manager, renowned as one of the game’s greatest sluggers and the first player to win MVP awards in both the National and American Leagues.
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D.
Fergie Jenkins
Fergie Jenkins is a Canadian Hall of Fame pitcher renowned for his dominant tenure in Major League Baseball, particularly with the Chicago Cubs in the late 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
Lenny Wilkens
Lenny Wilkens is a Hall of Fame American basketball coach and former player best known for his long NBA coaching career and leading the 1996 U.S. Olympic "Dream Team" to a gold medal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Major League Baseball player
ⓘ
human ⓘ professional baseball player ⓘ |
| AllStarSelection | National League All-Star ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Gold Glove Award ⓘ |
| bats | right ⓘ |
| battingAverage | .293 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Inglewood Park Cemetery ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | throat cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1938-01-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1997-01-20 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | African American ⓘ |
| familyName | Flood ⓘ |
| finalMLBGameDate | 1971-04-25 ⓘ |
| finalMLBTeam |
Washington Senators
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington Senators (1901–1960)
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| fullName |
Curtis Charles Flood
ⓘ
linked to:
Curt Flood
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| givenName | Curtis ⓘ |
| hallOfFameStatus | not inducted into National Baseball Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| hits | 1861 ⓘ |
| homeRuns | 85 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Major League Baseball free agency system
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players’ rights in professional sports ⓘ |
| jerseyNumber | 21 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advancing players’ rights in professional sports
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challenging the MLB reserve clause ⓘ helping pave the way for free agency in Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| league | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| legalCase | Flood v. Kuhn ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam |
Cincinnati Reds
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St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ Washington Senators ⓘ
linked to:
Washington Senators (1901–1960)
|
| MLBdebutDate | 1956-09-09 ⓘ |
| MLBdebutTeam |
Cincinnati Redlegs
ⓘ
linked to:
Cincinnati Reds
|
| notableWork | legal challenge to Major League Baseball reserve clause ⓘ |
| numberOfGoldGloveAwards | 7 ⓘ |
| occupation | baseball player ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Houston, Texas, United States
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linked to:
Houston
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| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| plaintiffIn | Flood v. Kuhn ⓘ |
| playedFor |
Cincinnati Redlegs
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linked to:
Cincinnati Reds
Cincinnati Reds ⓘ St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ Washington Senators ⓘ
linked to:
Washington Senators (1901–1960)
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| positionPlayed | center fielder ⓘ |
| runsBattedIn | 636 ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| team | St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ |
| throws | right ⓘ |
| WorldSeriesChampion |
1964 World Series
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1967 World Series ⓘ 1968 National League pennant winner ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Curt Flood Description of subject: Curt Flood was an American Major League Baseball center fielder whose legal challenge to the reserve clause helped pave the way for free agency and transform players’ rights in professional sports.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Curt Flood
subject linked to:
Curt Flood Award named for Curt Flood
linked to: Curt Flood
linked to: Curt Flood