# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-francis-robert-pelkington
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:36:58.147Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-francis-robert-pelkington"
name: "John Francis Robert Pelkington"
slug: "john-francis-robert-pelkington"
description: "John Francis Robert \"Jake\" Pelkington Jr. was an American professional basketball player in the American Basketball League (ABL), National Basketball League (NBL), and Basketball Association of America (BAA). Pelkington enjoyed success in his career, winning three league championships and was a three-time second-team all-NBL selection. He is 10th all-time in NBL career scoring with 1,949 points."
tagline: "American basketball player (1916-1982)"
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: "1916-01-03"
deathDate: "1982-05-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.669258666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Pelkington"
    title: "Jake Pelkington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%83%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جيك بيلكنجتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%83%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جيك بيلكنجتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA"
    title: "Пелкингтон, Джейк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Pelkington"
    title: "Jake Pelkington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Pelkington"
    title: "Jake Pelkington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3798501"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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