# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-davis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:19:41.780Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-davis"
name: "Walter Davis"
slug: "walter-davis"
description: "Walter Pearl Davis was an American professional basketball player. After his college years with the North Carolina Tar Heels he played as a forward/guard for 15 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA), spending the majority of his career with the Phoenix Suns. Davis was a six-time NBA All-Star, a two-time All-NBA Second Team member, and the NBA Rookie of the Year in 1978. In 1994, the Suns retired his No. 6 jersey and in 2004 he was enshrined in the team's Ring of Honor. Davis' 15,666 points during his time with the Suns is the 2nd most in franchise history. In 2024, it was announced that Davis would be posthumously inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame."
tagline: "American basketball player (1954–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_Davis_-_Phoenix_Suns.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: "1954-09-09"
deathDate: "2023-11-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.686800312418641
  historical:           16.70876133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Ուոլթեր Դևիս"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump