# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/didier-pitre
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:56:33.479Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/didier-pitre"
name: "Didier Pitre"
slug: "didier-pitre"
description: "Joseph George Didier \"Cannonball\" Pitre was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Nicknamed \"Cannonball,\" he was renowned for having one of the hardest shots during his playing career. One of the first players to join the Montreal Canadiens, Pitre and his teammates' French-Canadian heritage led to the team being nicknamed The Flying Frenchmen. His teammates on the Canadiens included Jack Laviolette and Newsy Lalonde."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player (1883-1934)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DidierPitre191011.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: "1883-09-01"
deathDate: "1934-07-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.21
  momentum:             3.409090909090908
  historical:           5.483658666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Pitre"
    title: "Didier Pitre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "ديدير پيتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Pitre"
    title: "Didier Pitre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Pitre"
    title: "Didier Pitre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Pitre"
    title: "Didier Pitre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Pitre"
    title: "Didier Pitre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1210571"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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