# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vern-mikkelsen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:32:42.603Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vern-mikkelsen"
name: "Vern Mikkelsen"
slug: "vern-mikkelsen"
description: "Arild Verner Agerskov Mikkelsen was an American professional basketball player. One of the National Basketball Association's first power forwards in the 1950s, he was known for his tenacious defense and durability, playing 699 out of a possible 704 games during his career. He was a six-time All-Star and four-time Second Team All-Pro, and was inducted into the NAIA Basketball Hall of Fame and the sport's Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995."
tagline: "American basketball player (1928–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vern_Mikkelsen.jpeg?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: "1928-10-21"
deathDate: "2013-11-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.10983066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3453332/"
    handle:    "nm3453332"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فيرن ميكلسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فيرن ميكلسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vern Mikkelsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vern_Mikkelsen"
    title: "Vern Mikkelsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vern_Mikkelsen"
    title: "Vern Mikkelsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vern_Mikkelsen"
    title: "Vern Mikkelsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vern_Mikkelsen"
    title: "Vern Mikkelsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vern_Mikkelsen"
    title: "Vern Mikkelsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ורן מיקלסן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vern_Mikkelsen"
    title: "Vern Mikkelsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vern_Mikkelsen"
    title: "Vern Mikkelsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vern_Mikkelsen"
    title: "Vern Mikkelsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD"
    title: "Миккелсен, Верн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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