# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michel-briere
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:36:05.317Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michel-briere"
name: "Michel Brière"
slug: "michel-briere"
description: "Michel Edouard Brière was a Canadian professional ice hockey player for one season in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1969–70. Following his rookie season with the Penguins, Brière was involved in a car accident in which he suffered major head trauma. After multiple brain surgeries and 11 months in a coma, he died as a result of his injuries at the age of 21."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player (1949–1971)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3b/Michel_Briere_Penguins.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1949-10-21"
deathDate: "1971-04-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.174337333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Bri%C3%A8re"
    title: "Michel Brière"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ميتشيل برير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Bri%C3%A8re"
    title: "Michel Brière"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Bri%C3%A8re"
    title: "Michel Brière"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Bri%C3%A8re"
    title: "Michel Brière"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Bri%C3%A8re"
    title: "Michel Brière"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Мишел Бријер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126433"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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