# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bud-collins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:15:36.689Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bud-collins"
name: "Bud Collins"
slug: "bud-collins"
description: "Arthur Worth \"Bud\" Collins Jr. was an American journalist and television sportscaster, best known for his tennis commentary. Collins was married to photographer Anita Ruthling Klaussen."
tagline: "US sports journalist and tennis player (1929–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bud_Collins_on_May_2008_in_NY.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Tennis Players"
  slug: "tennis-players"
profileType:
  name: "Tennis Player"
  slug: "tennis-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q10833314"
birthDate: "1929-06-17"
deathDate: "2016-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1460775/"
    handle:    "nm1460775"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://budcollinstennis.com/"
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    title: "Коллинз, Бад"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump