# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lew-beck
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:56:36.951Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lew-beck"
name: "Lew Beck"
slug: "lew-beck"
description: "Lewis William Beck Jr. was an All-American college basketball player who was captain of the United States Olympic basketball team that won the Gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Before he began playing for Oregon State University, he suffered a leg injury in World War II."
tagline: "American basketball player (1922–1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lew_Beck.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: "1922-04-19"
deathDate: "1970-04-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.38
  momentum:             8.757062146892656
  historical:           13.07861866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "卢·贝克"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ليو بيك (كرة سلة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ليو بيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Beck"
    title: "Lew Beck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Beck_(basketball)"
    title: "Lew Beck (basketball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Beck"
    title: "Lewis Beck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%A8%DA%A9"
    title: "لیو بک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Beck"
    title: "Lew Beck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Beck"
    title: "Lew Beck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Beck"
    title: "Lew Beck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Beck"
    title: "Lew Beck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Beck"
    title: "Lew Beck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Beck"
    title: "Lewis Beck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Beck"
    title: "Lew Beck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8C%D1%8E_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BA_(%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82)"
    title: "Лью Бек (баскетболіст)"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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