# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chick-hearn
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:24:18.395Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chick-hearn"
name: "Chick Hearn"
slug: "chick-hearn"
description: "Francis Dayle \"Chick\" Hearn was an American sportscaster who was the play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association for 41 years, as well as the team's assistant general manager for seven years beginning in 1972. Hearn was the first broadcaster named to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Hearn is remembered for his rapid fire, staccato broadcasting style, associated with colorful phrases such as slam dunk, air ball, and no harm, no foul that have become common basketball vernacular. Hearn broadcast 3,338 consecutive Lakers games starting on November 21, 1965. \nMost of Hearn's games in the television era were simulcast on both radio and television, even after most teams chose to use different announcers for the different media."
tagline: "American basketball sportscaster"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chick_Hearn_1963.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1916-11-27"
deathDate: "2002-08-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.28
  momentum:             4.426666666666665
  historical:           9.575716
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372481/"
    handle:    "nm0372481"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "تشيك هيرن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كتكوت هيرن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Hearn"
    title: "Chick Hearn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Hearn"
    title: "Chick Hearn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Hearn"
    title: "Chick Hearn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Hearn"
    title: "Chick Hearn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Hearn"
    title: "Chick Hearn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Hearn"
    title: "Chick Hearn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e65ad6a5-693f-4b97-bcc9-a0d1049290f2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321638"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/80258"
    title: "Chick Hearn"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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