# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buddy-ryan
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:25:04.893Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buddy-ryan"
name: "Buddy Ryan"
slug: "buddy-ryan"
description: "James David \"Buddy\" Ryan was an American football coach in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL). During his 35-season coaching career, Ryan served as the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1986 to 1990, and of the Arizona Cardinals from 1994 to 1995. Ryan also served as the defensive coordinator of the Chicago Bears from 1978 to 1985, and of the Houston Oilers in 1993. Coaching multiple Hall of Fame defensive players throughout his career, Ryan is considered by many to be one of the greatest defensive minds in the history of American football."
tagline: "American football player, coach, executive (1931-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buddy_Ryan_in_2011.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: "1931-02-17"
deathDate: "2016-06-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.33
  momentum:             9.008087966718374
  historical:           5.627010666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Buddy Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بادي ريان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Ryan"
    title: "Buddy Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Ryan"
    title: "Buddy Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Ryan"
    title: "Buddy Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Ryan"
    title: "Buddy Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4984941"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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