# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-lapchick
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:17:20.335Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-lapchick"
name: "Joe Lapchick"
slug: "joe-lapchick"
description: "Joseph Bohomiel Lapchick was an American professional basketball player, mostly known for playing with the Original Celtics in the 1920s and 1930s. He is commonly regarded as the best center of his era, overshadowed in his later years only by Tarzan Cooper. After ending his playing career in 1937, Lapchick became head coach at St. John's University, a position he held until 1947, when he took over the New York Knicks in the NBA. Lapchick coached the Knicks until 1957, leading them to three consecutive NBA Finals appearances (1951–1953). He returned to St. John's, coaching them until 1965."
tagline: "American basketball player and coach (1900–1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Face_detail%2C_Joe_Lapchick%2C_1933_Goudey_Gum_Company_card_(cropped).jpg?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: "1900-04-12"
deathDate: "1970-08-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.83
  momentum:             10
  historical:           9.318409333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Лапчик, Джо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "چو لاپكيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lapchick"
    title: "Joe Lapchick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lapchick"
    title: "Joe Lapchick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lapchick"
    title: "Joe Lapchick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lapchick"
    title: "Joe Lapchick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95_%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%A6'%D7%99%D7%A7"
    title: "ג'ו לאפצ'יק"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lapchick"
    title: "Joe Lapchick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lapchick"
    title: "Joe Lapchick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lapchick"
    title: "Joe Lapchick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q950595"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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