# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dan-sparks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:58:20.316Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dan-sparks"
name: "Dan Sparks"
slug: "dan-sparks"
description: "Daniel E. Sparks is an American former professional basketball player and college coach. He played in the American Basketball Association for the Miami Floridians during the 1968–69 and 1969–70 seasons after a split collegiate career at Vincennes University and Weber State University. Sparks was selected in both the 1968 ABA and NBA drafts by the Miami Floridians and Cincinnati Royals, respectively."
tagline: "American basketball coach and basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dan_Sparks_1968.jpeg?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: "1945-04-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.77
  momentum:             2.5
  historical:           5.670266666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Sparks_(basketball)"
    title: "Dan Sparks (basketball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B3_(%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A9)"
    title: "دان سباركس (كرة سلة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "دان سباركس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Sparks"
    title: "Dan Sparks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B3_(%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84)"
    title: "دن اسپارکس (بازیکن بسکتبال)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Sparks"
    title: "Daniel Sparks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3701737"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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