# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/micheal-ray-richardson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:36:30.287Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/micheal-ray-richardson"
name: "Micheal Ray Richardson"
slug: "micheal-ray-richardson"
description: "Michael Ray Richardson, known by the nickname \"Sugar\", was an American professional basketball player and head coach. He played college basketball for the Montana Grizzlies. The fourth overall pick in the 1978 NBA draft, Richardson played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for eight years with the New York Knicks, Golden State Warriors, and New Jersey Nets. He was a four-time NBA All-Star and two-time NBA All-Defensive First Team selection who led the league in steals in three seasons."
tagline: "American basketball player and coach (1955–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Micheal_Ray_Richardson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
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  slug: "basketball-player"
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birthDate: "1955-04-11"
deathDate: "2025-11-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump