# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-mcfarland
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:54:34.688Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-mcfarland"
name: "John McFarland"
slug: "john-mcfarland"
description: "John McFarland is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Florida Panthers. He was taken first overall in the 2008 Ontario Hockey League (OHL) Priority Selection by the Sudbury Wolves. He was selected by the Panthers in the second round, 33rd overall, of the 2010 NHL entry draft. McFarland retired from professional hockey on February 6, 2019. In 2021, he was hired as an assistant coach for the OHL's Kingston Frontenacs."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_McFarland.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1992-04-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.474766666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McFarland_(ice_hockey)"
    title: "John McFarland (ice hockey)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "جون مكفارلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McFarland"
    title: "John McFarland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McFarland"
    title: "John McFarland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McFarland"
    title: "John McFarland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McFarland"
    title: "John McFarland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1701029"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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