# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mel-daniels
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:49:57.748Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mel-daniels"
name: "Mel Daniels"
slug: "mel-daniels"
description: "Melvin Joe Daniels was an American professional basketball player. He played in the American Basketball Association (ABA) for the Minnesota Muskies, Indiana Pacers, and Memphis Sounds, and in the National Basketball Association for the New York Nets. One of the greatest players in ABA history, Daniels was a two-time ABA Most Valuable Player, three-time ABA Champion and a seven-time ABA All-Star. Daniels was the All-time ABA rebounding leader, and in 1997, he was named a unanimous selection to the ABA All-Time Team. Daniels was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012."
tagline: "American basketball player and coach (1944-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mel_Daniels.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1944-07-20"
deathDate: "2015-10-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm2123268"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump