# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buddy-young
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:34:00.169Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buddy-young"
name: "Buddy Young"
slug: "buddy-young"
description: "Claude Henry K. \"Buddy\" Young was an American professional football player and executive in the National Football League (NFL). A native of Chicago, he was Illinois state champ in track and field in the 100-yard dash. The 5'4\" Young, also known as the \"Bronze Bullet\", had exceptional quickness and acceleration. He is one of the shortest men ever to play in the NFL, he was drafted in the 1947 AAFC Draft in the Special Draft by the New York Yankees. As a track star at the University of Illinois, he won the National Collegiate Championships in the 100 and 220-yard dash, tied the world record for the 45 and 60-yard dashes, and was the Amateur Athletic Union's 100-meter champion."
tagline: "American football player (1926-1983)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BuddyYoung1954Bowman.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: "1926-01-05"
deathDate: "1983"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.48
  momentum:             1.358875017936577
  historical:           4.611916
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%BA"
    title: "بادي يونغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "بادى يونج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Young"
    title: "Buddy Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Young"
    title: "Buddy Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DA%88%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF"
    title: "بڈی ینگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4984969"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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