# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-cowley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:01:07.137Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-cowley"
name: "Bill Cowley"
slug: "bill-cowley"
description: "William Mailes \"Cowboy\" Cowley was a Canadian professional ice hockey center who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League for the St. Louis Eagles and Boston Bruins. Described as the Wayne Gretzky of his era, Cowley twice won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's MVP, and is widely regarded as one of the best playmakers in hockey history."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_Cowley.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: "1912-06-12"
deathDate: "1993-12-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.078006666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%96"
    title: "Білл Коулі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%89_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%83%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF)"
    title: "بيل كولى (لاعب هوكى الجليد)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cowley"
    title: "Bill Cowley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cowley"
    title: "Bill Cowley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cowley"
    title: "Bill Cowley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cowley"
    title: "William Cowley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cowley"
    title: "Bill Cowley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Коули, Билл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cowley"
    title: "Bill Cowley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q324619"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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