# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lou-fontinato
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:22:22.192Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lou-fontinato"
name: "Lou Fontinato"
slug: "lou-fontinato"
description: "Louis Joseph \"Leapin' Louie\" Fontinato was a Canadian defenceman in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers from 1954 to 1961 and the Montreal Canadiens from 1961 to 1963."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey defenceman (1932-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1958_Topps_Lou_Fontinato.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1932-01-20"
deathDate: "2016-07-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.26
  momentum:             2.278481012658228
  historical:           4.61746
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "لو فونتيناتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Fontinato"
    title: "Lou Fontinato"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Fontinato"
    title: "Lou Fontinato"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Fontinato"
    title: "Lou Fontinato"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE"
    title: "Лу Фонтінато"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3260122"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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