# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-vail
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:23:13.651Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-vail"
name: "Eric Vail"
slug: "eric-vail"
description: "Eric Vail is a Canadian former ice hockey player who played nine seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Atlanta Flames, Calgary Flames and Detroit Red Wings. He helped Calgary reach the 1981 NHL playoff semifinals for the first time in club history."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eric_vail_atlanta_flames_1978.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: "1953-09-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.345285333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BA_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB"
    title: "Ерік Вейл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "اريك ڤايل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Vail"
    title: "Eric Vail"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Vail"
    title: "Eric Vail"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Vail"
    title: "Eric Vail"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Vail"
    title: "Eric Vail"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Vail"
    title: "Eric Vail"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351698"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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