# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-westphal
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:27:33.058Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-westphal"
name: "Paul Westphal"
slug: "paul-westphal"
description: "Paul Douglas Westphal was an American basketball player and coach."
tagline: "American basketball player, coach, and commentator (1950–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Westphal_in_2014.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: "1950-11-30"
deathDate: "2021-01-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.35
  momentum:             3.536622739809991
  historical:           14.21036933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "保罗·韦斯特法尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بول ويستفال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بول ويستفال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Westphal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Westphal"
    title: "Paul Westphal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Westphal"
    title: "Paul Westphal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Westphal"
    title: "Paul Westphal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Westphal"
    title: "Paul Westphal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C_%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%9C"
    title: "פול וסטפאל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Փոլ Ուեսթֆալ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Westphal"
    title: "Paul Westphal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ポール・ウェストファル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Westphal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Westphal"
    title: "Paul Westphal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BB%2C_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB"
    title: "Уэстфал, Пол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Westphal"
    title: "Paul Westphal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2063085"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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