# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willie-o-ree
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:28:04.345Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willie-o-ree"
name: "Willie O'Ree"
slug: "willie-o-ree"
description: "William Eldon O'Ree is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player from Fredericton, New Brunswick. He is widely recognized for being the first black player in the National Hockey League (NHL), playing as a winger for the Boston Bruins. His accomplishment of breaking the colour barrier in the NHL has led him to sometimes be referred to as the \"Jackie Robinson of hockey,\" whom he had the chance to meet when he was younger. In 2018, O'Ree was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, and starting that year the NHL has introduced the annual Willie O'Ree Community Hero Award in his honour."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player (born 1935)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WillieORee2019.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1934-10-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.57
  momentum:             35.02458396369138
  historical:           8.819353333333334
  currentAttention:     8.64
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  240
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Віллі О'Рі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%89"
    title: "ويلى اورى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_O'Ree"
    title: "Willie O'Ree"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_O%E2%80%99Ree"
    title: "Willie O’Ree"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_O'Ree"
    title: "Willie O'Ree"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_O'Ree"
    title: "Willie O'Ree"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_O%E2%80%99Ree"
    title: "Willie O’Ree"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_O'Ree"
    title: "Willie O'Ree"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_O%E2%80%99Ree"
    title: "Willie O’Ree"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_O'Ree"
    title: "Willie O'Ree"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q724358"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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