# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-ford
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:22:37.661Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-ford"
name: "Chris Ford"
slug: "chris-ford"
description: "Christopher Joseph Ford was an American professional basketball player and head coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed \"the Mad Bomber\", Ford played most of his NBA career with the Detroit Pistons before finishing his career as a member of the Boston Celtics. In the Celtics' season opener in 1979, he was credited with making the first official three-point shot in NBA history. He won an NBA championship with the Celtics in 1981."
tagline: "American basketball player and coach (1949–2023)"
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: "1949-01-11"
deathDate: "2023-01-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.51
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.40997733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "克里斯·福特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كريس فورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "كريس فورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Ford"
    title: "Chris Ford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Ford"
    title: "Chris Ford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Ford"
    title: "Chris Ford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Ford"
    title: "Chris Ford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Ford"
    title: "Chris Ford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%93"
    title: "כריס פורד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Ford"
    title: "Chris Ford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Ford"
    title: "Chris Ford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Ford"
    title: "Chris Ford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Ford"
    title: "Chris Ford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2733760"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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