# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dave-babych
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:52:12.705Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dave-babych"
name: "Dave Babych"
slug: "dave-babych"
description: "David Michael Babych is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1980 to 1999. He is currently an assistant director of player personnel with the Vancouver Canucks. He played in two NHL All-Star Games and played for the Winnipeg Jets, Hartford Whalers, Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers and Los Angeles Kings. David is the younger brother of former NHL player Wayne Babych. He was the first NHL player to wear the number 44 on a permanent basis."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey defenceman"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Babych.png/330px-Babych.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: "1961-05-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.33
  momentum:             0.8179723502304148
  historical:           6.367137333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B2_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Дейв Бабич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A4_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "داڤ بابيتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Babych"
    title: "Dave Babych"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Babych"
    title: "Dave Babych"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Babych"
    title: "Dave Babych"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Babych"
    title: "David Babych"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Babych"
    title: "Dave Babych"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q472471"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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