# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-boven
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:02:11.590Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-boven"
name: "Don Boven"
slug: "don-boven"
description: "Donald Edwin Boven was an American basketball player, coach, and university instructor. He was a World War II veteran who was a standout athlete at Western Michigan University. After playing professional basketball, he served as an instructor at the university for more than 30 years. In the 1980s, Boven retired from his teaching duties but remained active in sporting circles and became involved in public service in his Michigan township."
tagline: "American baseball player (1925-2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Donald_Boven.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1925-03-06"
deathDate: "2011-03-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.3
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.00504
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%94%90%C2%B7%E5%8D%9A%E6%96%87"
    title: "唐·博文"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%88%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "دون بوڤين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Boven"
    title: "Don Boven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Boven"
    title: "Don Boven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Boven"
    title: "Don Boven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Boven"
    title: "Don Boven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Boven"
    title: "Don Boven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Boven"
    title: "Don Boven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q930031"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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