# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rudy-larusso
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:32:22.285Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rudy-larusso"
name: "Rudy LaRusso"
slug: "rudy-larusso"
description: "Rudolph A. LaRusso was an American professional basketball player and five-time All-Star in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was nicknamed \"Brutus\" and \"Roughhouse Rudy\" because of his physicality and competitive spirit on the court."
tagline: "American basketball player (1937-2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rudy_LaRusso.png?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: "1937-11-11"
deathDate: "2004-07-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.93
  momentum:             0.9841628959276019
  historical:           10.90162266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "鲁迪·拉鲁索"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رودي لاروسو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رودى لاروسو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_LaRusso"
    title: "Rudy LaRusso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_LaRusso"
    title: "Rudy LaRusso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_LaRusso"
    title: "Rudy LaRusso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_LaRusso"
    title: "Rudy LaRusso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99_%D7%9C%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%95"
    title: "רודי לרוסו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_LaRusso"
    title: "Rudy LaRusso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%83%E3%82%BD"
    title: "ルディ・ラルッソ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rudy LaRusso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ларуссо, Руди"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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