# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dirk-graham
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:09:48.827Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dirk-graham"
name: "Dirk Graham"
slug: "dirk-graham"
description: "Dirk Milton Graham is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played for the Chicago Blackhawks and Minnesota North Stars in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was honored in 1991 as the Frank J. Selke Trophy winner for outstanding defensive play by a forward. Graham served as head coach of the Blackhawks for the first 59 games of the 1998–99 season. Graham was both the first NHL captain and head coach of African descent."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/DirkGraham.png/330px-DirkGraham.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: "1959-07-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.99
  momentum:             0.6180344478216818
  historical:           7.237728000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Dirk Graham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "ديرك غراهام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Graham"
    title: "Dirk Graham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Graham"
    title: "Dirk Graham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Graham"
    title: "Dirk Graham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Graham"
    title: "Dirk Graham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Graham"
    title: "Dirk Graham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q776011"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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