# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-ranford
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:45:37.381Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-ranford"
name: "Bill Ranford"
slug: "bill-ranford"
description: "William Edward Ranford is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender and current director of goaltending for the Los Angeles Kings. He was selected in the third round of the 1985 NHL entry draft, 52nd overall, by the Boston Bruins. Over the course of fifteen NHL seasons Ranford played with Boston, the Edmonton Oilers, Washington Capitals, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Detroit Red Wings, winning two Stanley Cups, a Canada Cup, and the 1994 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships while playing for Canada. He is the only goaltender in history to be awarded the MVP of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, Canada Cup/World Cup, & Men's Ice Hockey World Championship."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_Ranford_-_Los_Angeles_Kings.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: "1966-12-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.00151733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1179653/"
    handle:    "nm1179653"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Білл Ренфорд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيل رانفورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيل رانفورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ranford"
    title: "Bill Ranford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ranford"
    title: "Bill Ranford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ranford"
    title: "Bill Ranford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ranford"
    title: "Bill Ranford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ranford"
    title: "William Ranford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ranford"
    title: "Bill Ranford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bills_Renfords"
    title: "Bills Renfords"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Рэнфорд, Билл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ranford"
    title: "Bill Ranford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ranford"
    title: "Bill Ranford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q862403"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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