# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barry-sanders-q809097
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:43:04.973Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barry-sanders-q809097"
name: "Barry Sanders"
slug: "barry-sanders-q809097"
description: "Barry David Sanders is an American former professional football running back who played for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons. Sanders led the league in rushing yards four times and in rushing touchdowns once. Standing at 5 ft. 8 in. tall and weighing 200 lbs., he established himself as one of the most elusive runners in the history of the NFL with his quickness and agility. Sanders is widely considered to be one of the greatest running backs of all time. He played college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys."
tagline: "American football player (born 1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barry_Sanders.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1968-07-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.439205839959083
  historical:           16.49644133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "BarrySanders"
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1296433/"
    handle:    "nm1296433"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.barrysanders.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump