# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-mcvey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:05:37.475Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-mcvey"
name: "Sam McVey"
slug: "sam-mcvey"
description: "Samuel E. MacVea, better known as Sam McVey, was an American Hall of Fame heavyweight boxer during the early 20th century. Famously known as the \"Oxnard Cyclone\", he ranked alongside Jack Johnson, Joe Jeanette, Sam Langford, and Harry Wills, some of the best heavyweights of their time. All of them, except Johnson, were denied a shot at the world heavyweight championship due to the color bar, which was ironically maintained by Johnson when he became the first black to win the world heavyweight in spotlight. Despite being denied a title shot, Sam enjoyed the famed career that took him across the globe."
tagline: "American boxer (1884–1921)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam_McVey.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1884-05-17"
deathDate: "1921-12-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.37
  momentum:             15.26871401151631
  historical:           6.552593333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_McVey"
    title: "Sam McVey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "سام ماكفاي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "سام ماكفاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_McVey"
    title: "Sam McVey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_McVey"
    title: "Sam McVey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_McVey"
    title: "Sam McVey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_McVey"
    title: "Sam McVey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q720924"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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