# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gene-englund
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:14:45.546Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gene-englund"
name: "Gene Englund"
slug: "gene-englund"
description: "Gene Eniar Englund was an American professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for one season, 1949–50, and split the season playing for the Boston Celtics and Tri-Cities Blackhawks. Although he played professionally, Englund is best remembered for being a star college basketball player for Wisconsin, where as a senior in 1940–41 he led the Badgers to win the NCAA national championship."
tagline: "American basketball player (1917–1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1948-1949_Oshkosh_All-Stars_Gene_Englund.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1917-10-21"
deathDate: "1995-11-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.84
  momentum:             5.074626865671642
  historical:           7.207272
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%89%E6%81%A9%C2%B7%E8%8B%B1%E6%A0%BC%E4%BC%A6"
    title: "吉恩·英格伦"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "جين إنجلوند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "جين انجلوند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Englund"
    title: "Gene Englund"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Englund"
    title: "Gene Englund"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Englund"
    title: "Gene Englund"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B4%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Инглунд, Джин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Englund"
    title: "Gene Englund"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3759419"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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