# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lance-allred
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:27:02.384Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lance-allred"
name: "Lance Allred"
slug: "lance-allred"
description: "Lance Collin Allred is an American former professional basketball player, who was the first deaf player to play an NBA game. Allred is legally deaf, with 75%–80% hearing loss due to Rh complications at birth. He is also an inspirational speaker and author, with his first book, Longshot: The Adventures of a Deaf Fundamentalist Mormon Kid and His Journey to the NBA, published by HarperCollins in 2009."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lance_Allred_1.jpg?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: "1981-02-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.836
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "兰斯·奥尔雷德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لانس أولريد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لانس اولريد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lance Allred"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lance Allred"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "لنس آلرد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Allred"
    title: "Lance Allred"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Allred"
    title: "Lance Allred"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ленс Алред"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Allred"
    title: "Lance Allred"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Оллред, Лэнс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lance Allred"
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  - url: "https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Allred"
    title: "Lance Allred"
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  - url: "https://tay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Allred"
    title: "Lance Allred"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump