# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-backes
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:40:38.925Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-backes"
name: "David Backes"
slug: "david-backes"
description: "David Anthony Backes is an American former professional ice hockey forward. He played for fifteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the St. Louis Blues, Boston Bruins and Anaheim Ducks. Backes was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but grew up in Spring Lake Park, Minnesota."
tagline: "American ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Backes_Boston_Bruins_2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1984-05-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.244352
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/dbackes42"
    handle:    "dbackes42"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://davidbackes.com/"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Backes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Backes"
    title: "David Backes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Backes"
    title: "David Backes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Backes"
    title: "David Backes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Backes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Backes"
    title: "David Backes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Backes"
    title: "David Backes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Backes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Backes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%8D%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Backes"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1173622"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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