# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mel-hutchins
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:58:09.054Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mel-hutchins"
name: "Mel Hutchins"
slug: "mel-hutchins"
description: "Melvin Ray Hutchins was an American basketball player. He played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1951 to 1958. Hutchins was selected by the Tri-Cities Blackhawks with the second pick in the 1951 NBA draft and was a four-time NBA All-Star."
tagline: "American basketball player (1928–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mel_Hutchins.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: "1928-11-22"
deathDate: "2018-12-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.23
  momentum:             15
  historical:           12.03078
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Mel Hutchins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Hutchins"
    title: "Mel Hutchins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Hutchins"
    title: "Mel Hutchins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mel Hutchins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump