# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bryan-watson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:08:03.651Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bryan-watson"
name: "Bryan Watson"
slug: "bryan-watson"
description: "Bryan Joseph Watson was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Montreal Canadiens, Detroit Red Wings, Oakland Seals, Pittsburgh Penguins, St. Louis Blues, and Washington Capitals from 1963 to 1979, and briefly in the World Hockey Association with the Cincinnati Stingers. He later served as head coach of the Edmonton Oilers during the 1980–81 NHL season."
tagline: "Ice hockey player (1942-2021)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/BryanWatson.png/330px-BryanWatson.png"
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: "1942-11-14"
deathDate: "2021-07-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.69
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.680454666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Watson_(Eishockeyspieler)"
    title: "Bryan Watson (Eishockeyspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بريان واطسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بريان واتسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Watson"
    title: "Bryan Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Watson_(ice_hockey)"
    title: "Bryan Watson (ice hockey)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Watson"
    title: "Bryan Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2927181"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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