# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/darryl-shannon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:09:01.053Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/darryl-shannon"
name: "Darryl Shannon"
slug: "darryl-shannon"
description: "Darryl Jackson Shannon is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He was drafted 36th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1986 NHL entry draft and as well as the Leafs, he played for the Winnipeg Jets, Buffalo Sabres, Atlanta Thrashers, Calgary Flames, and the Montreal Canadiens. Despite a serious illness, he played a total of 544 regular season games in the National Hockey League, scoring 28 goals and 111 assists for 139 points and collecting 523 penalty minutes. He also played 29 playoff games, all with the Buffalo Sabres, scoring 4 goals and 7 assists for 11 points, collecting 16 minutes. He moved to Germany in 2001 to play in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga for the Krefeld Pinguine and the Eisbären Berlin. He is the older brother of fellow former NHLer Darrin Shannon who played \ntogether while with the Winnipeg Jets."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey defenceman"
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: "1968-06-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.677682666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Shannon"
    title: "Darryl Shannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "داريل شانون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "داريل شانون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BB_%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Дерріл Шеннон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Shannon"
    title: "Darryl Shannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Shannon"
    title: "Darryl Shannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q825691"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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