# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-purcell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:24:22.932Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-purcell"
name: "Jack Purcell"
slug: "jack-purcell"
description: "John Edward Purcell was a Canadian badminton player. Purcell was the Canadian National Badminton Champion in 1929 and 1930. He retired in 1945, and pursued a career as a stockbroker. Purcell also designed an athletic shoe that bears his name, which is still popular today."
tagline: "Badminton player (1903–1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jack_Purcell_shoes.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: "1903-12-24"
deathDate: "1991-06-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.386973333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%8D%E5%A5%87%E5%B8%83%E6%95%B8"
    title: "乍奇布數"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%83_%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "چاك پورسيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Purcell"
    title: "Jack Purcell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Purcell"
    title: "Jack Purcell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Purcell"
    title: "Jack Purcell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ジャック・パーセル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Purcell"
    title: "Jack Purcell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q970393"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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