# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mike-eruzione
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:11:50.291Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mike-eruzione"
name: "Mike Eruzione"
slug: "mike-eruzione"
description: "Michael Anthony \"Rizzo\" Eruzione is an Italian-American former ice hockey player. He was the captain of the 1980 Winter Olympics United States national team that defeated the Soviet Union in the famous \"Miracle on Ice\" game, in which he scored the game-winning goal. He is the author, with Neal E. Boudette, of the national bestseller, The Making of a Miracle: The Untold Story of the Captain of The Gold Medal-Winning 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team, published by HarperCollins."
tagline: "US ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mike_Eruzione_1984.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1954-10-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.99
  momentum:             25
  historical:           13.60441466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 237
sources:
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    title: "迈克·埃鲁齐翁"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ميك اروزيون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mike Eruzione"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Eruzione"
    title: "Mike Eruzione"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Eruzione"
    title: "Mike Eruzione"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87"
    title: "مایک اروتسیونه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Eruzione"
    title: "Mike Eruzione"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Eruzione"
    title: "Mike Eruzione"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Eruzione"
    title: "Mike Eruzione"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "マイク・エルジオーニ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "마이크 이루지오니"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mike Eruzione"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Eruzione"
    title: "Mike Eruzione"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Эрузионе, Майк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mike Eruzione"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q166106"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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