# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ed-gayda
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:47:30.879Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ed-gayda"
name: "Ed Gayda"
slug: "ed-gayda"
description: "Edward C. Gayda was an American professional basketball player. Gayda was selected in the second round of the 1950 NBA draft by the Tri-Cities Blackhawks after a collegiate career at Washington State. He played for the Blackhawks in 15 total games in 1951–52. In 2014, he was inducted into the Pac-12 Hall of Honor."
tagline: "American professional basketball player (1927–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ed_Gayda.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: "1927-05-11"
deathDate: "2021-12-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.17
  momentum:             9.999999999999998
  historical:           6.537761333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%89%BE%E5%BE%B7%C2%B7%E7%9B%96%E8%BE%BE"
    title: "艾德·盖达"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "إد جايدا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "اد جايدا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Gayda"
    title: "Ed Gayda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Gayda"
    title: "Ed Gayda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Gayda"
    title: "Ed Gayda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Gayda"
    title: "Ed Gayda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3718845"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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