# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jeff-farkas
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:01:12.784Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jeff-farkas"
name: "Jeff Farkas"
slug: "jeff-farkas"
description: "Jeffrey Thomas Farkas is an American former professional ice hockey center. He was drafted in the third round, 57th overall, by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1997 NHL entry draft. He played 11 games in the NHL for the Maple Leafs and Atlanta Thrashers between 2000 and 2003, mainly playing in the minor American Hockey League, before a spinal injury during a game forced his early retirement. Internationally Farkas played for the American national junior team at three World Junior Championships, winning a silver medal in 1997."
tagline: "American ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeff_Farkas_(39832).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1978-01-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.805652
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "چيف فاركاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Farkas"
    title: "Jeff Farkas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Farkas"
    title: "Jeff Farkas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Farkas"
    title: "Jeff Farkas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%84%D1%84_%D0%A4%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Джефф Фаркас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3176481"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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