# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-blackburn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:50:52.485Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-blackburn"
name: "Don Blackburn"
slug: "don-blackburn"
description: "John Donald Blackburn was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who was a left winger in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins, Philadelphia Flyers, New York Rangers, New York Islanders and Minnesota North Stars. He also played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) with the New England Whalers. After retiring in 1976 he became a coach with the Whalers, and remained in that position through 1981, serving as their first coach when they joined the NHL in 1979 as the Hartford Whalers."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player (1938–2023)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/DonBlackburn.png/330px-DonBlackburn.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: "1938-05-14"
deathDate: "2023-02-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.51
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.138481333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Blackburn"
    title: "Don Blackburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "دون بلاكبيرن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "دون بلاكبيرن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Blackburn"
    title: "Don Blackburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Blackburn"
    title: "Don Blackburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Blackburn"
    title: "Don Blackburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD"
    title: "Дон Блекберн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q908525"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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