# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-benson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:11:22.067Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-benson"
name: "Robert Benson"
slug: "robert-benson"
description: "Robert John Benson was an Icelandic-Canadian ice hockey player. A defenceman, he started his career with the Winnipeg Falcons of the Manitoba Hockey League in 1913, remaining with them until 1920, though missed two seasons of play from 1917 to 1919 while serving in the First World War. With the Falcons he played at the 1920 Summer Olympics and won the first gold medal in Olympic ice hockey. He later played in the Western Canada Hockey League from 1921 to 1926, as well as 8 games with the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League during the 1924–25 season. Benson continued playing in other minor leagues until retiring in 1931."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey defenceman (1894–1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bobby_Benson%2C_1920_Olympics.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1894-05-18"
deathDate: "1965-09-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.16
  momentum:             15
  historical:           15.07109466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BD%97%E4%BC%AF%E7%89%B9%C2%B7%E6%9C%AC%E6%A3%AE"
    title: "罗伯特·本森"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "روبرت بينسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "روبرت بينسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Benson"
    title: "Robert Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Benson_(ledn%C3%AD_hokejista)"
    title: "Robert Benson (lední hokejista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Benson_(Eishockeyspieler)"
    title: "Robert Benson (Eishockeyspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Benson_(ice_hockey)"
    title: "Robert Benson (ice hockey)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "رابرت بنسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Benson"
    title: "Robert Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Benson"
    title: "Robert Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Benson_(j%C3%A9gkorongoz%C3%B3)"
    title: "Robert Benson (jégkorongozó)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Benson"
    title: "Bobby Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3_(%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9B%E3%83%83%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BC)"
    title: "ロバート・ベンソン (アイスホッケー)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Benson_(ijshockeyspeler)"
    title: "Robert Benson (ijshockeyspeler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Benson"
    title: "Robert Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Benson"
    title: "Robert Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82_(%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82)"
    title: "Бенсон, Роберт (хоккеист)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Benson_(ishockeyspelare)"
    title: "Robert Benson (ishockeyspelare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1304756"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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