# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bruce-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:34:01.855Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bruce-smith"
name: "Bruce Smith"
slug: "bruce-smith"
description: "Bruce Bernard Smith is an American former professional football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 19 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills. He played college football for the Virginia Tech Hokies, earning All-American honors twice, and was selected by the Bills first overall in the 1985 NFL draft."
tagline: "American football player (born 1963)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bruce_Smith_Pro_Bowl_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1963-06-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.69
  momentum:             4.195822801649594
  historical:           9.517489333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.brucesmith78.com"
sources:
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    title: "Bruce Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85)"
    title: "بروس سميث (لاعب كرة قدم)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%87)"
    title: "بروس سميث (لاعب كورة القدم الامريكيه)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Smith_(Footballspieler)"
    title: "Bruce Smith (Footballspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Smith"
    title: "Bruce Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Smith"
    title: "Bruce Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Smith"
    title: "Bruce Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA'"
    title: "ברוס סמית'"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Smith"
    title: "Bruce Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ブルース・スミス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q952956"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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