# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gene-rock
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:57:21.003Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gene-rock"
name: "Gene Rock"
slug: "gene-rock"
description: "Eugene O. Rock was an American professional basketball player who played in the Professional Basketball League of America (PBLA) and the Basketball Association of America (BAA) during the 1947–48 season. A native of Huntington Park, California, Rock attended Huntington Park High School before enrolling at the University of Southern California to play basketball. While at USC, Rock earned varsity letters in 1942, 1943 and 1947. Like many male college athletes during his day, Rock served in the military for two years before finishing college; he attained the rank of Captain in the Marine Corps. Rock led the Trojans in scoring during 1942–43 and again in 1946–47 (11.1 ppg). During the former season, USC finished with a then-school record 23–5 mark en route to winning the Pacific Coast League Southern Division title. Rock was also a teammate of future College Basketball Hall of Fame coaches Alex Hannum and Tex Winter."
tagline: "American basketball player (1921–2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gene_Rock_1947_(cropped).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: "1921-11-04"
deathDate: "2002-10-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.81
  momentum:             8.819444444444443
  historical:           4.807164
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "جين روك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "جين روك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Rock"
    title: "Gene Rock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Rock"
    title: "Gene Rock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Rock"
    title: "Gene Rock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3759439"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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