# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mel-mcgaha
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:55:41.301Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mel-mcgaha"
name: "Mel McGaha"
slug: "mel-mcgaha"
description: "Fred Melvin McGaha was an American coach and manager in Major League Baseball as well as a professional basketball player. Born in Bastrop, Louisiana, he stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and weighed 198 pounds (90 kg). McGaha graduated from the University of Arkansas and played a season of professional basketball with the New York Knicks of the NBA."
tagline: "American basketball player and manager (1926–2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mel_McGaha_1965.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1926-12-26"
deathDate: "2002-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.671850666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_McGaha"
    title: "Mel McGaha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7"
    title: "ميل مكجاها"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7"
    title: "ميل مكجاها"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_McGaha"
    title: "Mel McGaha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_McGaha"
    title: "Mel McGaha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_McGaha"
    title: "Mel McGaha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1623295"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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