# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elvin-hayes
# Generated: 2026-09-03T11:28:14.944Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elvin-hayes"
name: "Elvin Hayes"
slug: "elvin-hayes"
description: "Elvin Ernest Hayes, nicknamed \"the Big E\", is an American former professional basketball player and radio analyst for his alma mater Houston Cougars. He is a member of the NBA's 50th and 75th anniversary teams, and an inductee in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Known for both his offensive and defensive prowess, Hayes is often regarded as one of the best power forwards in NBA history."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elvin_Hayes_1969.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1945-11-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             10
  historical:           21.55659733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 98
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    title: "Էլվին Հեյզ"
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    title: "Elvin Hayes"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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