# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buddy-curry
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:51:24.304Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buddy-curry"
name: "Buddy Curry"
slug: "buddy-curry"
description: "George Jessel \"Buddy\" Curry is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons from 1980 to 1987. He played college football for the North Carolina Tar Heels. A second-round pick in the 1980 NFL draft by the Atlanta Falcons, he and his Falcons teammate Al Richardson were selected as the 1980 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year."
tagline: "American football player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buddy_Curry_Jan_2018_1.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: "1958-06-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.72
  momentum:             4.48762233736327
  historical:           4.808136
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A"
    title: "بادي كاري"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89"
    title: "بادى كارى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Curry"
    title: "Buddy Curry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Curry"
    title: "Buddy Curry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Curry"
    title: "Buddy Curry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4984841"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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