# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ed-westfall
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:39:37.171Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ed-westfall"
name: "Ed Westfall"
slug: "ed-westfall"
description: "Edwin Vernon Westfall is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins and New York Islanders from 1961 until 1979. Notable as a defensive specialist often tasked with defending against the star scorers of opposing teams, Westfall played most of his career as a right wing, although he played stints on defence in his earlier years and at centre in his later years. After his playing career ended, he became a color commentator on Islanders' broadcasts until 1998."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ed_Westfall_1970s_alumni_bruins.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1940-09-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.57
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.219584
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ед Вестфолл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اد ويستفال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ed Westfall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Westfall"
    title: "Ed Westfall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Westfall"
    title: "Ed Westfall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Westfall"
    title: "Edwin Westfall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4"
    title: "Уэстфолл, Эд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Westfall"
    title: "Ed Westfall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q369051"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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