# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roger-neilson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:11:58.770Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roger-neilson"
name: "Roger Neilson"
slug: "roger-neilson"
description: "Roger Paul Neilson was a Canadian professional ice hockey coach, most notably in the NHL, where he served with eight teams. Known as \"Captain Video\" because of his technological contributions to the game, he is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame in the builder category. Alongside his decorated coaching abilities, Neilson is commonly remembered today for his many antics which resulted in the creation of several NHL rules."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey coach (1934–2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roger_neilson_statue.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
birthDate: "1934-06-16"
deathDate: "2003-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.419625333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Neilson"
    title: "Roger Neilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%B1_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%83%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7)"
    title: "روجر نيلسون (لاعب هوكى الجليد من كندا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Neilson"
    title: "Roger Neilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Neilson"
    title: "Roger Neilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Neilson"
    title: "Roger Neilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Neilson"
    title: "Roger Neilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Neilson"
    title: "Roger Neilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1524237"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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