# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-backlund
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:47:59.843Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-backlund"
name: "Bob Backlund"
slug: "bob-backlund"
description: "Robert Louis Backlund is an American retired amateur and professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances in the World Wide Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Federation from 1976 to 1984 and in the 1990s, where he held the WWWF/WWF Championship on two occasions. His 2,135-day reign is recognized as the second longest in the championship's history. Backlund was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013."
tagline: "American professional wrestler"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2015-03-26_17-28-48_ILCE-6000_DSC01727_(17121089828)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1949-08-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.276381909547737
  historical:           21.484416
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.backlundenergy.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump