# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dave-hoppen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:31:10.604Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dave-hoppen"
name: "Dave Hoppen"
slug: "dave-hoppen"
description: "David Dirk Hoppen is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and other leagues. Hoppen played college basketball for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, and is the program's all-time leading scorer. He was named All-Big Eight in each of his last three seasons and is generally considered one of the top players in school history. A 6'11\" center, Hoppen was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the third round of the 1986 NBA draft and played for five teams in his six NBA seasons."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dave-Hoppen-circa-Mar-Apr-1993.jpg?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: "1964-03-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.82
  momentum:             0.3472222222222222
  historical:           6.549425333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%88%B4%E5%A4%AB%C2%B7%E9%9C%8D%E5%BD%AD"
    title: "戴夫·霍彭"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%86"
    title: "ديف هوبن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%86"
    title: "ديف هوبن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Hoppen"
    title: "Dave Hoppen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Hoppen"
    title: "Dave Hoppen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Hoppen"
    title: "Dave Hoppen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Hoppen"
    title: "Dave Hoppen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1634796"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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