# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mike-grier
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:53:16.461Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mike-grier"
name: "Mike Grier"
slug: "mike-grier"
description: "Michael James Grier is an American former professional ice hockey winger and current general manager of the San Jose Sharks in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Edmonton Oilers, Washington Capitals, Buffalo Sabres, and San Jose Sharks. Primarily a checking forward, he played 1,060 games over 14 seasons. He was the first African-American NHL player to train exclusively in the United States, and the league's first black general manager."
tagline: "American ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mike_Grier_Sharks.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: "1975-01-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.85
  momentum:             13.3945945945946
  historical:           10.41991866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA_%D0%93%D1%80%D1%96%D1%94%D1%80"
    title: "Майк Грієр"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "مايك جرير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "مايك جرير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Grier"
    title: "Mike Grier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Grier"
    title: "Mike Grier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Grier"
    title: "Mike Grier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Grier"
    title: "Michael Grier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%B5%D6%84%D5%AC_%D4%B3%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%A5%D6%80"
    title: "Մայքլ Գրիեր"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Grier"
    title: "Mike Grier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%80%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA"
    title: "Грир, Майк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Grier"
    title: "Mike Grier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Grier"
    title: "Mike Grier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1367316"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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