# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maurice-podoloff
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:30:16.477Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maurice-podoloff"
name: "Maurice Podoloff"
slug: "maurice-podoloff"
description: "Maurice Podoloff was an American lawyer and a basketball and ice hockey administrator. He served as the president of the Basketball Association of America (BAA) from 1946 to 1949, and the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1949 to 1963, making Podoloff the de facto first commissioner in NBA history."
tagline: "American sports executive and lawyer (1890–1985)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/Victor_Podoloff.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1890-08-18"
deathDate: "1985-11-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.84
  momentum:             3.795918367346937
  historical:           12.95393066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 177
sources:
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    title: "Моріс Подолофф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماوريس پودولوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Podoloff"
    title: "Maurice Podoloff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Podoloff"
    title: "Maurice Podoloff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Podoloff"
    title: "Maurice Podoloff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Podoloff"
    title: "Maurice Podoloff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Podoloff"
    title: "Maurice Podoloff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A3"
    title: "מוריס פודולוף"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Podoloff"
    title: "Maurice Podoloff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Podoloff"
    title: "Maurice Podoloff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9D%E3%83%89%E3%83%AD%E3%83%95"
    title: "モーリス・ポドロフ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98"
    title: "მაურის პოდოლოფი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Podoloff"
    title: "Maurice Podoloff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Podoloff"
    title: "Maurice Podoloff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%84%2C_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Подолоф, Морис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q578405"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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