# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/georges-vezina
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:31:50.275Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/georges-vezina"
name: "Georges Vézina"
slug: "georges-vezina"
description: "Joseph Georges Gonzague Vézina was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. A goaltender, he played seven seasons in the National Hockey Association (NHA) and nine in the National Hockey League (NHL), all with the Montreal Canadiens. After being signed by the Canadiens in 1910, Vézina played in 327 consecutive regular season games and a further 39 playoff games, before leaving early during a game in 1925 due to illness. Vézina was diagnosed with tuberculosis, and died on March 27, 1926."
tagline: "Ice Hockey Goaltender (1887–1926)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vezina19221924.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: "1887-01-21"
deathDate: "1926-03-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.539176
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm1426318"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Везина, Жорж"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump