# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerald-diduck
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:04:44.447Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerald-diduck"
name: "Gerald Diduck"
slug: "gerald-diduck"
description: "Gerald Mark Diduck is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted in the first round, 16th overall, by the Islanders in the 1983 NHL entry draft. Diduck played 932 games in an NHL career that spanned eight different teams from 1984 to 2001. He played for the New York Islanders, Montreal Canadiens, Vancouver Canucks, Chicago Blackhawks, Hartford Whalers, Phoenix Coyotes, Toronto Maple Leafs and Dallas Stars. He is part of hockey lore as the man who ended the career of Islanders legend and teammate Bob Nystrom with an accidental high stick that almost cost Nystrom his eye. Diduck was born in Edmonton, Alberta and now resides in Texas. He is the brother-in-law of professional musician and CKY bassist Matt Deis. Diduck is of Ukrainian ancestry."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey defenceman"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/GeraldDiduck.png/330px-GeraldDiduck.png"
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: "1965-04-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.24
  momentum:             16.10294117647059
  historical:           6.344205333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4_%D0%94%D1%96%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%85"
    title: "Джеральд Дідух"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "جيرالد ديدوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Diduck"
    title: "Gerald Diduck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Diduck"
    title: "Gerald Diduck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Diduck"
    title: "Gerald Diduck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Diduck"
    title: "Gerald Diduck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Diduck"
    title: "Gerald Diduck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5549077"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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