# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walt-mckechnie
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:39:27.225Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walt-mckechnie"
name: "Walt McKechnie"
slug: "walt-mckechnie"
description: "Walter Thomas John McKechnie is a Canadian former professional hockey centre. He played for nine teams in the National Hockey League (NHL) and four minor professional teams over a 17-year pro career. Being drafted sixth overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1963 NHL amateur draft, he is the franchise's first ever draft pick."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/WaltCaps.png/330px-WaltCaps.png"
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: "1947-06-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.344601333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%BD%D1%96"
    title: "Волт Маккехні"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "والت مكيتشنى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_McKechnie"
    title: "Walt McKechnie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_McKechnie"
    title: "Walt McKechnie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_McKechnie"
    title: "Walt McKechnie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_McKechnie"
    title: "Walter McKechnie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_McKechnie"
    title: "Walt McKechnie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3565656"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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