# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walt-simon
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:37:52.661Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walt-simon"
name: "Walt Simon"
slug: "walt-simon"
description: "Walter John Simon was an American basketball player. A 6'6\" small forward from Benedict College, he played seven seasons (1967–1974) in the American Basketball Association for the New Jersey Americans/New York Nets and Kentucky Colonels. He appeared in the 1969 ABA All-Star Game, and he scored 6,414 career points. Simon is the only alumnus of Benedict College to play professionally at the ABA or NBA level."
tagline: "American basketball player (1939-1997)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/1965_-_Walt_Simon_-_Allentown_Jets_-_Allentown_PA_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-1965_-_Walt_Simon_-_Allentown_Jets_-_Allentown_PA_%28cropped%29.jpg"
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: "1939-12-01"
deathDate: "1997-10-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.34
  momentum:             2.985632183908046
  historical:           6.538049333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82"
    title: "Саймон, Уолт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "والت سيمون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "والت سيمون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Simon"
    title: "Walt Simon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Simon"
    title: "Walt Simon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Simon"
    title: "Walt Simon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Simon"
    title: "Walter Simon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4017862"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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