# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-block
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:21:08.728Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-block"
name: "John Block"
slug: "john-block"
description: "John William Block Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. A 6 ft 10 in power forward/center from the University of Southern California (USC), Block spent 10 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers (1966–1967), San Diego Rockets (1967–1971), Milwaukee Bucks (1971–1972), Philadelphia 76ers (1972–1973), Kansas City–Omaha Kings (1973–1974), New Orleans Jazz (1974), and Chicago Bulls (1974–1976). Block had his strongest season in 1967–68, when he averaged 20.2 points and 11.0 rebounds for the Rockets, who had just entered the NBA as an expansion team. Block appeared in the 1973 NBA All-Star Game, and registered 7,106 total points and 3,965 rebounds in his career."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Block_1969.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: "1944-04-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.7
  momentum:             2.777777777777778
  historical:           11.36065733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BA%A6%E7%BF%B0%C2%B7%E5%B8%83%E6%B4%9B%E5%85%8B"
    title: "约翰·布洛克"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83_(%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A9)"
    title: "جون بلوك (كرة سلة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "جون بلوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Block_(basketball)"
    title: "John Block (basketball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Block"
    title: "John Block"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Block"
    title: "John Block"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A7"
    title: "ג'ון בלוק"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Block"
    title: "John Block"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF_(%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B1%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB)"
    title: "ジョン・ブロック (バスケットボール)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Block"
    title: "John Block"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tay.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Block"
    title: "John Block"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Block_(basketbolcu)"
    title: "John Block (basketbolcu)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Block"
    title: "John Block"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1609507"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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