Get ESPN WCH Player Bio
Arguments
- athlete_id
ESPN athlete identifier (character or numeric, e.g.
"5263060"). Obtain viaespn_wch_team_roster().- ...
Reserved for forward compatibility.
Value
A one-row fastRhockey_data tibble with athlete bio fields, or an
empty data.frame() when ESPN returns HTTP 404. As of 2026-06-08,
ESPN's site_v2 NHL athletes/{id}/bio endpoint returns 404; use
espn_wch_player_core() for athlete metadata in the meantime.
| col_name | types | description |
| athlete_id | character | ESPN athlete identifier (echoed from arg). |
| athlete_espn_id | character | ESPN athlete id from payload. |
| display_name | character | Player display name. |
| short_name | character | Player short name. |
| full_name | character | Player full name. |
| first_name | character | First name. |
| last_name | character | Last name. |
| jersey | character | Jersey number. |
| position | character | Position abbreviation. |
| age | integer | Current age. |
| date_of_birth | character | Date of birth (ISO 8601). |
| birth_city | character | Birth city. |
| birth_state | character | Birth state/province. |
| birth_country | character | Birth country. |
| weight | character | Formatted weight string. |
| height | character | Formatted height string. |
| team_id | character | ESPN team identifier. |
| team_display_name | character | Team display name. |
| team_abbreviation | character | Team abbreviation. |
| slug | character | Player URL slug. |
| debut_year | integer | Year of NHL debut. |
| active | logical | Whether athlete is currently active. |
| description | character | Biographical description, if available. |
Details
League slug womens-college-hockey; season is the END year (2026 = 2025-26). Same ESPN helper as espn_nhl_player_bio() (columns inherited); a collection may be empty.
See also
Other ESPN WCH Functions:
espn_wch_award(),
espn_wch_awards(),
espn_wch_calendar(),
espn_wch_coach(),
espn_wch_coach_record(),
espn_wch_coach_season(),
espn_wch_conferences(),
espn_wch_draft(),
espn_wch_fpi(),
espn_wch_franchise(),
espn_wch_franchises(),
espn_wch_game(),
espn_wch_game_broadcasts(),
espn_wch_game_competition(),
espn_wch_game_leaders(),
espn_wch_game_odds(),
espn_wch_game_official_detail(),
espn_wch_game_officials(),
espn_wch_game_play(),
espn_wch_game_play_personnel(),
espn_wch_game_plays(),
espn_wch_game_powerindex(),
espn_wch_game_predictor(),
espn_wch_game_probabilities(),
espn_wch_game_propbets(),
espn_wch_game_scoringplays(),
espn_wch_game_situation(),
espn_wch_game_status(),
espn_wch_game_team(),
espn_wch_game_team_leaders(),
espn_wch_game_team_linescores(),
espn_wch_game_team_record(),
espn_wch_game_team_roster(),
espn_wch_game_team_statistics(),
espn_wch_game_teams(),
espn_wch_games(),
espn_wch_injuries(),
espn_wch_leaders(),
espn_wch_leaders_core(),
espn_wch_league_notes(),
espn_wch_league_root(),
espn_wch_news(),
espn_wch_player_awards(),
espn_wch_player_career_stats(),
espn_wch_player_contracts(),
espn_wch_player_core(),
espn_wch_player_eventlog(),
espn_wch_player_gamelog(),
espn_wch_player_info(),
espn_wch_player_injuries(),
espn_wch_player_news(),
espn_wch_player_notes(),
espn_wch_player_overview(),
espn_wch_player_records(),
espn_wch_player_seasons(),
espn_wch_player_splits(),
espn_wch_player_statisticslog(),
espn_wch_player_stats(),
espn_wch_player_vs_player(),
espn_wch_players_index(),
espn_wch_position(),
espn_wch_positions(),
espn_wch_rankings(),
espn_wch_recruiting_players(),
espn_wch_recruiting_rankings(),
espn_wch_recruiting_years(),
espn_wch_scoreboard(),
espn_wch_season_awards(),
espn_wch_season_coaches(),
espn_wch_season_draft(),
espn_wch_season_draft_round_picks(),
espn_wch_season_freeagents(),
espn_wch_season_futures(),
espn_wch_season_group(),
espn_wch_season_group_children(),
espn_wch_season_group_teams(),
espn_wch_season_groups(),
espn_wch_season_info(),
espn_wch_season_players(),
espn_wch_season_pointer(),
espn_wch_season_powerindex(),
espn_wch_season_powerindex_leaders(),
espn_wch_season_recruits(),
espn_wch_season_team(),
espn_wch_season_teams(),
espn_wch_season_type(),
espn_wch_season_type_corrections(),
espn_wch_season_type_leaders(),
espn_wch_season_types(),
espn_wch_season_week(),
espn_wch_season_week_games(),
espn_wch_season_week_powerindex(),
espn_wch_season_week_rankings(),
espn_wch_season_weeks(),
espn_wch_seasons(),
espn_wch_standings(),
espn_wch_standings_core(),
espn_wch_statistics_league(),
espn_wch_summary(),
espn_wch_talentpicks(),
espn_wch_team(),
espn_wch_team_core(),
espn_wch_team_depthcharts(),
espn_wch_team_history(),
espn_wch_team_injuries(),
espn_wch_team_leaders(),
espn_wch_team_news(),
espn_wch_team_record(),
espn_wch_team_roster(),
espn_wch_team_schedule(),
espn_wch_team_transactions(),
espn_wch_teams_core(),
espn_wch_teams_site(),
espn_wch_tournaments(),
espn_wch_transactions(),
espn_wch_venue(),
espn_wch_venues()
Examples
# \donttest{
try(espn_wch_player_bio(athlete_id = "5263060"))
#> ! ESPN site_v2 athlete bio (athletes/[id]/bio) returns HTTP 404 for NHL; use espn_nhl_player_core() instead.
#> data frame with 0 columns and 0 rows
# }