# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-benzelock
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:01:03.303Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-benzelock"
name: "Jim Benzelock"
slug: "jim-benzelock"
description: "James John Benzelock is a former professional ice hockey right winger. He was drafted in the first round, fifth overall, by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1968 NHL Amateur Draft. He never played in the National Hockey League; however, he appeared in 166 World Hockey Association games with the Alberta Oilers, Chicago Cougars, and Quebec Nordiques. Benzelock played the majority of his career with teams in the minor professional leagues."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player"
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: "1947-06-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.92
  momentum:             16.28205128205128
  historical:           5.268250666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Benzelock"
    title: "Jim Benzelock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "چيم بينزيلوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Benzelock"
    title: "Jim Benzelock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Benzelock"
    title: "Jim Benzelock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Benzelock"
    title: "Jim Benzelock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Benzelock"
    title: "Jim Benzelock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q776606"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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