# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-waddell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:37:36.099Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-waddell"
name: "Don Waddell"
slug: "don-waddell"
description: "Donald Douglas Waddell is an American professional ice hockey executive and former player who is currently the president of hockey operations and general manager for the Columbus Blue Jackets. He previously held similar leadership roles with the Carolina Hurricanes and Atlanta Thrashers."
tagline: "American ice hockey player and coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Don_Waddell_2018.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: "1958-08-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.538270666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Waddell"
    title: "Don Waddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "دون واديل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Waddell"
    title: "Don Waddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Waddell"
    title: "Don Waddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Waddell"
    title: "Don Waddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Waddell"
    title: "Donald Waddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1239566"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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