# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willie-mccarter
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:04:08.962Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willie-mccarter"
name: "Willie McCarter"
slug: "willie-mccarter"
description: "Willie J. McCarter was an American basketball player. He was a 6-foot-3-inch (1.91 m), 175 lb (79 kg) guard. He played at Drake University, averaging 19.9 ppg in three seasons. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 12th pick in the 1969 NBA draft, and played three seasons with the Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers."
tagline: "American basketball player-coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willie_McCarter.png?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: "1946-07-26"
deathDate: "2023-04-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.95
  momentum:             4.390243902439023
  historical:           5.674262666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_McCarter"
    title: "Willie McCarter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ويلي مكارتير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ويلى مكارتير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Віллі Маккартер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_McCarter"
    title: "Willie McCarter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_McCarter"
    title: "Willie McCarter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4020208"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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