# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-ferry
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:38:44.014Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-ferry"
name: "Bob Ferry"
slug: "bob-ferry"
description: "Robert Dean Ferry was an American professional basketball player, assistant coach, and general manager (GM) in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played for the St. Louis Hawks, Detroit Pistons, and Baltimore Bullets from 1959 to 1969. He then served as GM of the Bullets from 1973 to 1990, overseeing the franchise's only NBA championship in 1978. He played college basketball for Saint Louis."
tagline: "American basketball player-coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bob_Ferry.jpg?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: "1937-05-31"
deathDate: "2021-10-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.03
  momentum:             1.80939226519337
  historical:           8.764113333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bob_Ferry"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A"
    title: "بوب فيري"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89"
    title: "بوب فيرى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ferry"
    title: "Bob Ferry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ferry"
    title: "Bob Ferry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ferry"
    title: "Bob Ferry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%95%D7%91_%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99"
    title: "בוב פרי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ferry"
    title: "Bob Ferry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ferry"
    title: "Bob Ferry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%B2%8D%E5%8B%83%C2%B7%E8%B4%B9%E9%87%8C"
    title: "鲍勃·费里"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1458282"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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