# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-ziegler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:13:01.996Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-ziegler"
name: "John Ziegler"
slug: "john-ziegler"
description: "John Augustus Ziegler Jr. was an American lawyer and ice hockey executive. Upon succeeding Clarence Campbell in 1977, he became the fourth president of the National Hockey League. Ziegler served as league president through 1992. His 15-year term was marked by the 1979 merger that integrated four teams from the rival World Hockey Association into the NHL, and by increasing labor unrest among the players. The first American to serve as chief executive of the NHL, he received the Lester Patrick Trophy in 1984 and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1987."
tagline: "American ice hockey executive (1934–2018)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1934-02-09"
deathDate: "2018-10-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.23996
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ziegler_Jr."
    title: "John Ziegler Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%BA%D9%84%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "جون تسيغلر جونيور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "جون زيجلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ziegler_(Sportfunktion%C3%A4r)"
    title: "John Ziegler (Sportfunktionär)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ziegler_Jr."
    title: "John Ziegler Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ziegler"
    title: "John Ziegler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジョン・ジーグラー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ziegler"
    title: "John Ziegler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q669776"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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