# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bernie-fryer
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:20:06.740Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bernie-fryer"
name: "Bernie Fryer"
slug: "bernie-fryer"
description: "Bernie W. Fryer has been Vice President and Director of Officials for the National Basketball Association since July 2008. He was a player in the NBA and American Basketball Association (ABA) from 1973 to 1975 before serving as a referee from 1978 to 2007."
tagline: "American basketball player and referee"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bernie_Fryer.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1949-12-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.340965333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "伯尼·弗赖尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "بيرني فراير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "بيرنى فراير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Fryer"
    title: "Bernie Fryer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Fryer"
    title: "Bernie Fryer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8C_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1"
    title: "برنی فرایر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Fryer"
    title: "Bernie Fryer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3638842"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump