# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wayne-yates
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:10:50.259Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wayne-yates"
name: "Wayne Yates"
slug: "wayne-yates"
description: "Wayne Edward Yates was an American professional basketball player who played 37 games for the Los Angeles Lakers in one National Basketball Association (NBA) season in 1961–62. He later worked as a college basketball coach, most notably at Memphis State University."
tagline: "Basketball player and coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wayne_Yates_coach.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: "1937-11-07"
deathDate: "2022-08-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.44
  momentum:             7.066631962519523
  historical:           6.338481333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Yates"
    title: "Wayne Yates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "واين ييتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "واين ييتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Yates"
    title: "Wayne Yates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Yates"
    title: "Wayne Yates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86_%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "وین یتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Yates"
    title: "Wayne Yates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4018618"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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