# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/esko-niemi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:40:12.834Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/esko-niemi"
name: "Esko Niemi"
slug: "esko-niemi"
description: "Esko Ilmari Niemi was a professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Tappara and TPS. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985."
tagline: "Finnish ice hockey player (1934-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Esko_Niemi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1934-06-11"
deathDate: "2013-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           32.59
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.267386666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esko_Niemi"
    title: "Esko Niemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%89"
    title: "اسكو نيمى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esko_Niemi"
    title: "Esko Niemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9F%83%E6%96%AF%E7%A7%91%C2%B7%E6%B6%85%E7%B1%B3"
    title: "埃斯科·涅米"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esko_Niemi"
    title: "Esko Niemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esko_Niemi"
    title: "Esko Niemi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5398182"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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