# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/phil-verchota
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:52:07.066Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/phil-verchota"
name: "Phil Verchota"
slug: "phil-verchota"
description: "Phillip John Verchota is an American former ice hockey forward. He is best known for being a member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal in the event known as the Miracle on Ice. He was the captain of the U.S. hockey team at the 1984 Winter Olympics."
tagline: "American ice hockey player"
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: "1956-12-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.56
  momentum:             10.90987951807229
  historical:           9.258176
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1537889/"
    handle:    "nm1537889"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BB"
    title: "Верхота, Фил"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84_%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "فيل ڤيرتشوتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Verchota"
    title: "Phil Verchota"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Verchota"
    title: "Phil Verchota"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Verchota"
    title: "Phil Verchota"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%86%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "فیل ورچوتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Verchota"
    title: "Phil Verchota"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Verchota"
    title: "Phil Verchota"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Verchota"
    title: "Phil Verchota"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Verchota"
    title: "Phil Verchota"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459225"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5983869"
    title: "Phil Verchota"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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