# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ken-purpur
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:44:16.848Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ken-purpur"
name: "Ken Purpur"
slug: "ken-purpur"
description: "Kenneth Richard Purpur was an ice hockey player who played for the American national team. He won a silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics. He is the younger brother of Fido Purpur who coached him at the University of North Dakota."
tagline: "American ice hockey player (1932–2011)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1932-03-01"
deathDate: "2011-06-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.51
  momentum:             2.972972972972973
  historical:           7.401728
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Purpur"
    title: "Kenneth Purpur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Purpur"
    title: "Kenneth Purpur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Purpur"
    title: "Ken Purpur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%86_%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "کن پورپور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Purpur"
    title: "Kenneth Purpur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Purpur"
    title: "Ken Purpur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Purpur"
    title: "Kenneth Purpur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%91%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82"
    title: "Пёрпер, Кеннет"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1547496"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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