# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-mcfadden
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:29:14.969Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-mcfadden"
name: "Jim McFadden"
slug: "jim-mcfadden"
description: "James Alexander McFadden was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He was born in Belfast, United Kingdom and raised in Darlingford, Manitoba, in the Opawaka district. One of six players born in Ireland to play in the National Hockey League, McFadden played for the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks between 1947 and 1954, as well as several years in different minor leagues. He is the uncle of Bill Mikkelson, and the great-uncle of Bill's son, Brendan and daughter Meaghan."
tagline: "Irish-born Canadian ice hockey player (1920-2002)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/JimMcFaddenDET.png/330px-JimMcFaddenDET.png"
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: "1918-04-16"
deathDate: "2002-08-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.92
  momentum:             2.361111111111111
  historical:           5.676278666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_McFadden"
    title: "Jim McFadden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "چيم مكفادين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_McFadden"
    title: "Jim McFadden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Джим Макфедден"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_McFadden"
    title: "Jim McFadden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BC"
    title: "Макфадден, Джим"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q629330"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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