# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/honey-russell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:00:15.632Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/honey-russell"
name: "Honey Russell"
slug: "honey-russell"
description: "John David \"Honey\" Russell was an American basketball player and coach who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1964. He turned professional after his sophomore year of high school, and for the next 28 years he played for numerous early 20th century pro teams, including many in the American Basketball League. His career included over 3,200 pro games. He was the first coach of the NBA's Boston Celtics (1946–1948)."
tagline: "American basketball player (1902-1973)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/Honey_Russell_Celtics.jpg"
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: "1902-05-31"
deathDate: "1973-11-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.9
  momentum:             1.568627450980392
  historical:           7.208496
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Russell_(basquetebolista)"
    title: "John Russell (basquetebolista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A9)"
    title: "جون راسيل (لاعب كرة سلة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%87)"
    title: "جون راسيل (لاعب كرة السله)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_Russell"
    title: "Honey Russell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Russell_(baloncestista)"
    title: "John Russell (baloncestista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Russell_(basket-ball)"
    title: "John Russell (basket-ball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Russell_(baloncesto)"
    title: "John Russell (baloncesto)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_Russell"
    title: "Honey Russell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q730913"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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