# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-gelineau
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:27:55.654Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-gelineau"
name: "Jack Gelineau"
slug: "jack-gelineau"
description: "John Edward \"Jack\" Gélineau BEM was a Canadian ice hockey goaltender. He played in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins and Chicago Black Hawks between 1948 and 1954. He won the Calder Memorial Trophy in 1950 as the best rookie player in the NHL. Before playing in the NHL, Gélineau served in the Second World War and was awarded the British Empire Medal for actions in 1944."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player (1924–1998)"
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: "1924-11-11"
deathDate: "1998-11-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.21
  momentum:             2.5
  historical:           5.470914666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Gelineau"
    title: "Jack Gelineau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88"
    title: "چاك جيلينايو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Gelineau"
    title: "Jack Gelineau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BA_%D0%96%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BE"
    title: "Джек Желіно"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Gelineau"
    title: "Jack Gelineau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Gelineau"
    title: "Jack Gelineau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1228862"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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