# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jerry-bird
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:42:46.460Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jerry-bird"
name: "Jerry Bird"
slug: "jerry-bird"
description: "Jerry Lee Bird was an American basketball player. Born in Corbin, Kentucky, he played collegiately for the University of Kentucky. He was selected by the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1956 NBA draft and played 11 NBA games for the New York Knicks (1958–59)."
tagline: "American basketball player (1935-2017)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Jerry-Bird-jersey.jpg/330px-Jerry-Bird-jersey.jpg"
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: "1935-02-02"
deathDate: "2017-07-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.539489333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B0%E9%87%8C%C2%B7%E4%BC%AF%E5%BE%B7"
    title: "杰里·伯德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "جيري بيرد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%87)"
    title: "جيرى بيرد (لاعب كرة السله)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Bird"
    title: "Jerry Bird"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Bird"
    title: "Jerry Bird"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Bird"
    title: "Jerry Bird"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Bird"
    title: "Jerry Bird"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Bird"
    title: "Jerry Bird"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Bird"
    title: "Jerry Bird"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Bird"
    title: "Jerry Bird"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3718691"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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