# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ken-sears
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:22:29.310Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ken-sears"
name: "Ken Sears"
slug: "ken-sears"
description: "Kenneth Robert Sears was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the first basketball player on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine, appearing on the December 20, 1954, issue during his senior season in college."
tagline: "American basketball player (1933–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ken_Sears.jpeg?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: "1933-08-17"
deathDate: "2017-04-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.87
  momentum:             1.349693251533742
  historical:           9.819980000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Sears"
    title: "Ken Sears"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "كين سيرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B2_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%87)"
    title: "كين سيرز (لاعب كرة السله)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Sears"
    title: "Ken Sears"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Sears"
    title: "Ken Sears"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Sears"
    title: "Kenny Sears"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%A1"
    title: "קני סירס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Sears"
    title: "Ken Sears"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA"
    title: "ケニー・シアーズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Sears"
    title: "Ken Sears"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%81%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Сирс, Кен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2779117"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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