# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-playfair
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:25:37.507Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-playfair"
name: "Jim Playfair"
slug: "jim-playfair"
description: "James Playfair is a Canadian former ice hockey coach and defenceman. He was drafted in the first round, 20th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1982 NHL entry draft. Following his retirement due to an injury, Playfair coached the Calgary Flames, Arizona Coyotes, and Oilers."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player and coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_Playfair.PNG?width=1200"
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: "1964-05-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.293990666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Playfair"
    title: "Jim Playfair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%BE%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "چيم پلايفاير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Playfair"
    title: "Jim Playfair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%80"
    title: "Джим Плейфейр"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Playfair"
    title: "Jim Playfair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Playfair"
    title: "Jim Playfair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1689192"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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