# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/verne-gagne
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:30:54.056Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/verne-gagne"
name: "Verne Gagne"
slug: "verne-gagne"
description: "Laverne Clarence \"Verne\" Gagne was an American amateur and professional wrestler, football player, wrestling trainer and wrestling promoter. He was the owner and promoter of the Minneapolis-based American Wrestling Association (AWA), the predominant promotion throughout the Midwest and Manitoba for many years. He remained in this position until 1991, when the company folded."
tagline: "American professional wrestler and football player (1926–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Verne_Gagne_1964.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1926-02-26"
deathDate: "2015-04-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.135530643040584
  historical:           15.75986666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0300928/"
    handle:    "nm0300928"
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    title: "Verne Gagne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Verne Gagne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump