# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dave-semenko
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:31:05.139Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dave-semenko"
name: "Dave Semenko"
slug: "dave-semenko"
description: "David John Semenko was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, coach, scout, and colour commentator. During his National Hockey League (NHL) career, Semenko played for the Edmonton Oilers, Hartford Whalers and Toronto Maple Leafs as an enforcer. During his tenure with Edmonton, he notably protected Wayne Gretzky as an \"on-ice bodyguard\" during Gretzky's early career. Semenko won two Stanley Cups with the Oilers in 1984 and 1985. He was also the last player to score a goal in the World Hockey Association (WHA) before it folded and merged with the NHL."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player (1957–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dave_Semenko_2016.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1957-07-12"
deathDate: "2017-06-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.11
  momentum:             0.04746494066882417
  historical:           8.700985333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  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%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE"
    title: "Дейв Семенко"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A4_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88"
    title: "داڤ سيمينكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Semenko"
    title: "Dave Semenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Semenko"
    title: "Dave Semenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Semenko"
    title: "Dave Semenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Semenko"
    title: "Dave Semenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Semenko"
    title: "Dave Semenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%2C_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B2"
    title: "Семенко, Дейв"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Semenko"
    title: "Dave Semenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Semenko"
    title: "Dave Semenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q962628"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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