# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-montross
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:32:46.868Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-montross"
name: "Eric Montross"
slug: "eric-montross"
description: "Eric Scott Montross was an American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for eight seasons with the Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets, Philadelphia 76ers, Detroit Pistons, and Toronto Raptors. Born in Indianapolis, he played for Lawrence North High School before playing college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels, where he twice earned All-American honors and was the starting center for their 1993 National championship team."
tagline: "American basketball player (1971-2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eric_Montross.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1971-09-23"
deathDate: "2023-12-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.2
  momentum:             4.872727272727271
  historical:           10.79741866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "埃里克·蒙特罗斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "إريك مونتروس"
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    title: "اريك مونتروس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Montross"
    title: "Eric Montross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Montross"
    title: "Eric Montross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Montross"
    title: "Eric Montross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3"
    title: "اریک مونترس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Montross"
    title: "Eric Montross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Montross"
    title: "Eric Montross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Montross"
    title: "Eric Montross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Montross"
    title: "Eric Montross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Монтросс, Эрик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump