# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/m-p-ganesh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:44:11.093Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/m-p-ganesh"
name: "M. P. Ganesh"
slug: "m-p-ganesh"
description: "Mollera Poovaiah Ganesh is a former Indian professional field hockey player and coach. He was also the captain and coach of the Indian team. He was awarded the Arjuna Award in 1973 and Padma Shri in 2020."
tagline: "Field hockey player"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1946-07-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.139093333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "മുല്ലേറ പൂവയ്യ ഗണേഷ്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ਐਮ. ਪੀ. ਗਣੇਸ਼"
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    title: "Моллерапувайя, Ганеш"
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    title: "M.P. Ganesh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6712952"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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