# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tony-lavelli
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:18:58.140Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tony-lavelli"
name: "Tony Lavelli"
slug: "tony-lavelli"
description: "Anthony Lavelli Jr. was an American professional basketball player and musician. He averaged 6.9 points per game during his two-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career (1949–1951) while also providing half-time entertainment with his accordion performances."
tagline: "American basketball player (1926-1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tony_Lavelli_1959.JPG?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: "1926-07-11"
deathDate: "1998-01-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.37
  momentum:             1.818181818181818
  historical:           9.6117
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1676598/"
    handle:    "nm1676598"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1600738"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "توني لافلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "تونى لافلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Lavelli"
    title: "Tony Lavelli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Lavelli"
    title: "Tony Lavelli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Lavelli"
    title: "Tony Lavelli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Lavelli"
    title: "Tony Lavelli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Lavelli"
    title: "Tony Lavelli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Лавелли, Тони"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Lavelli"
    title: "Tony Lavelli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%89%98%E5%B0%BC%C2%B7%E6%8B%89%E9%9F%A6%E5%88%A9"
    title: "托尼·拉韦利"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1611310"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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