# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-cook
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:45:23.442Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-cook"
name: "Bill Cook"
slug: "bill-cook"
description: "William Osser Xavier Cook was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who was a right winger for the Saskatoon Crescents of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) and the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). A prolific scorer, Cook led the WCHL in goals twice and the NHL three times. He was named an all-star seven times between the two leagues. Known as \"The Original Ranger\", Cook was the first captain of the New York Rangers, scored the first goal in franchise history and led the team to two Stanley Cup championships."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player and coach (1896-1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_Cook_Saskatoon_Crescents.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1896-10-09"
deathDate: "1986-04-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.619008000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB_%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BA"
    title: "Білл Кук"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "بيل كوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "بيل كوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cook"
    title: "Bill Cook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cook"
    title: "Bill Cook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cook"
    title: "Bill Cook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cook"
    title: "Bill Cook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cook_(hockey_sur_glace)"
    title: "William Cook (hockey sur glace)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cook_(hockeista_su_ghiaccio)"
    title: "Bill Cook (hockeista su ghiaccio)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BA%2C_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Кук, Билл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cook"
    title: "Bill Cook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q709650"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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