# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-brisker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:33:20.910Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-brisker"
name: "John Brisker"
slug: "john-brisker"
description: "John Brisker was an American professional basketball player who disappeared on April 11, 1978, after allegedly visiting Uganda. He played college basketball for the Toledo Rockets until he left the team during his senior season in 1968. Brisker began his professional career with the Pittsburgh Pipers / Condors of the American Basketball Association (ABA) where he was a two-time ABA All-Star and had a reputation as one of the league's premier tough guys. He played for the Seattle SuperSonics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1972 to 1975."
tagline: "American basketball player (1947–1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Brisker.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: "1947-06-15"
deathDate: "1985-05-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.61
  momentum:             1.131246567819879
  historical:           10.33963866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "约翰·布里斯科尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون بريسكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джон Брискър"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brisker"
    title: "John Brisker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brisker"
    title: "John Brisker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brisker"
    title: "John Brisker"
    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%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジョン・ブリスカー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brisker"
    title: "John Brisker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Брискер, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brisker"
    title: "John Brisker"
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  - url: "https://tay.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brisker"
    title: "John Brisker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3809108"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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