# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-thornton
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:55:03.350Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-thornton"
name: "Joe Thornton"
slug: "joe-thornton"
description: "Joseph Eric Thornton is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He played for the Boston Bruins, San Jose Sharks, Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected first overall by the Bruins in the 1997 NHL entry draft and went on to play seven seasons with the club, three as its captain. During the 2005–06 season, he was traded to the Sharks. Splitting the campaign between the two teams, he received the Art Ross and Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's leading point-scorer and most valuable player, respectively, becoming the only player in NHL history to win either award in a season played for multiple teams. Thornton went on to play another 14 seasons with the Sharks, including four seasons as team captain and a run to the 2016 Stanley Cup Finals. Thornton was the last active NHL player and the last big 4 North American sports player to have played in the 1990s."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey centre (born 1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe_Thornton_2016.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CA"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1979-07-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump