# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/linton-townes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:59:55.650Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/linton-townes"
name: "Linton Townes"
slug: "linton-townes"
description: "Linton Rodney Townes is an American former professional basketball player. He was a 6-foot-7-inch (201 cm) 190 pounds (86 kg) swingman from Richmond, Virginia, he played collegiately at James Madison University from 1978 to 1982. At James Madison, he helped lead the Dukes to their first NCAA tournament in program history. He played for four National Basketball Association (NBA) teams. He also starred in high school at Covington High School in Covington, Virginia. Covington is also the same city where fellow NBA alum Bimbo Coles was born."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Linton_Townes.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: "1959-11-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.345681333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Linton Townes"
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    title: "لينتون تاونز"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linton_Townes"
    title: "Linton Townes"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linton_Townes"
    title: "Linton Townes"
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  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linton_Townes"
    title: "Linton Townes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%98%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A1"
    title: "לינטון טאונס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump