# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gilbert-ford
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:50:57.397Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gilbert-ford"
name: "Gilbert Ford"
slug: "gilbert-ford"
description: "Gilbert \"Gib\" Ford was an American basketball player and business executive, who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics as part of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal. Born in Tulia, Texas, he played college basketball at the University of Texas. He worked for thirty-five years at Converse, Inc., ultimately becoming the company's chairman and CEO."
tagline: "American basketball player and business executive (1931–2017)"
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: "1931-09-14"
deathDate: "2017-01-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.76
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.53862533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "吉尔伯特·福特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Ford"
    title: "Gilbert Ford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Ford"
    title: "Gilbert Ford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "غيلبرت فورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "جيلبرت فورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Ford"
    title: "Gilbert Ford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gib_Ford"
    title: "Gib Ford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "گیلبرت فورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Ford"
    title: "Gilbert Ford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gib_Ford"
    title: "Gib Ford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Ford"
    title: "Gilbert Ford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Ford"
    title: "Gilbert Ford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%90%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Ґілберт Форд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1469754"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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