# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jerry-west
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:07:57.675Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jerry-west"
name: "Jerry West"
slug: "jerry-west"
description: "Jerry Alan West was an American basketball player and executive. He played professionally for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. His nicknames included \"the Logo\", in reference to his silhouette being the basis for the NBA logo; \"Mr. Clutch\", for his ability to make a big play in a key situation such as his famous buzzer-beating 60-foot shot that tied game 3 of the 1970 NBA Finals against the New York Knicks; \"Mr. Outside\", in reference to his perimeter play with the Lakers and \"Zeke from Cabin Creek\" for the creek near his birthplace of Chelyan, West Virginia."
tagline: "American basketball player and executive (1938-2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jerry_West_1972.jpeg?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: "1938-05-28"
deathDate: "2024-06-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           62.14
  momentum:             3.094520547945204
  historical:           27.14859333333334
  currentAttention:     6.96
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 100
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0992320/"
    handle:    "nm0992320"
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    title: "Ջերի Ուեսթ"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill