# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sheldon-kennedy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:38:55.401Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sheldon-kennedy"
name: "Sheldon Kennedy"
slug: "sheldon-kennedy"
description: "Sheldon Kennedy is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins and Calgary Flames in the National Hockey League (NHL). Kennedy was drafted by the Red Wings in the fourth round of the 1988 NHL entry draft while playing with the Swift Current Broncos of the Western Hockey League (WHL). In the WHL, Kennedy helped the Broncos capture the 1989 Memorial Cup, and was named to the tournament all-star team. Kennedy represented Canada internationally at the World Junior Championships in 1988 and 1989. He helped Canada win a gold medal at the 1988 tournament. Kennedy was born in Brandon, Manitoba, but grew up in Elkhorn, Manitoba."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sheldon_Kennedy_2011-12-31.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: "1969-06-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.09
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.384309333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%96"
    title: "Шелдон Кеннеді"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A"
    title: "شيلدون كينيدي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%89"
    title: "شيلدون كينيدى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Kennedy"
    title: "Sheldon Kennedy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Kennedy"
    title: "Sheldon Kennedy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Kennedy"
    title: "Sheldon Kennedy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Kennedy"
    title: "Sheldon Kennedy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3302183"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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