# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-smiley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:26:27.110Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-smiley"
name: "Jack Smiley"
slug: "jack-smiley"
description: "Arthur John Smiley was an American professional basketball player. Smiley played basketball for Waterman High School, in Waterman, Illinois. With Gene Vance, Andy Phillip, Ken Menke, and Art Mathisen, Smiley was a member of the University of Illinois' \"Whiz Kids\" team that went 35-6 from 1941 to 1943, earning two Big Ten Conference championships. The team voted to turn down an invitation to the NCAA tournament in 1943, after Smiley, Vance and Phillip were inducted into the military mid-season."
tagline: "American basketball player (1922–2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jack_Smiley_1948.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1922-12-22"
deathDate: "2000-07-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.92
  momentum:             0.4310344827586208
  historical:           4.804356
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "چاك سميلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Smiley"
    title: "Jack Smiley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Smiley"
    title: "Jack Smiley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Smiley"
    title: "Jack Smiley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジャック・スマイリー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3805653"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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