# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-guy-gendron
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:03:53.284Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-guy-gendron"
name: "Jean-Guy Gendron"
slug: "jean-guy-gendron"
description: "Joseph Eudore Jean-Guy \"Smitty\" Gendron was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 863 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers. Gendron scored his first NHL goal on November 9, 1955, for the New York Rangers in their 1–1 home tie versus the Montreal Canadiens. He also played 127 games in the World Hockey Association (WHA) for the Quebec Nordiques, a team for which he was the head coach for two seasons."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player (1934–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1963_Topps_Jean-Guy_Gendron.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: "1934-08-30"
deathDate: "2022-06-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.54
  momentum:             2.196531791907514
  historical:           6.540929333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%BD-%D0%93%D1%96_%D0%96%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Жан-Гі Жендрон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%BA%D9%8A_%D8%BA%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جان غي غيندرون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جين جاى جيندرون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Guy_Gendron"
    title: "Jean-Guy Gendron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Guy_Gendron"
    title: "Jean-Guy Gendron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Guy_Gendron"
    title: "Jean-Guy Gendron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Guy_Gendron"
    title: "Jean-Guy Gendron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3166077"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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