# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/del-wilkes
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:31:15.727Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/del-wilkes"
name: "Del Wilkes"
slug: "del-wilkes"
description: "Delbert Alexander \"Del\" Wilkes Jr. was an American professional wrestler and college football player, better known by his ring names, The Trooper and The Patriot. Over the course of his ten-year career, Wilkes wrestled for the American Wrestling Association, the Global Wrestling Federation, All Japan Pro Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation."
tagline: "All-American college football player, professional wrestler (1961-2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Del_%22The_Patriot%22_Wilkes_2015_(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: "1961-12-21"
deathDate: "2021-06-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.41
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.046954666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/DELWILKES"
    handle:    "DELWILKES"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/DelThePatriotWilkesOfficialPage"
    handle:    "DelThePatriotWilkesOfficialPage"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0929155/"
    handle:    "nm0929155"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.delthepatriotwilkes.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Patriot_(wrestler)"
    title: "The Patriot (wrestler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ديل ويلكيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Patriot_(wrestler)"
    title: "The Patriot (wrestler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Patriot_(luchador)"
    title: "The Patriot (luchador)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Patriot_(catch)"
    title: "The Patriot (catch)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Patriot_(wrestler)"
    title: "The Patriot (wrestler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%88_(%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC)"
    title: "パトリオット (プロレスラー)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%82_(%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80)"
    title: "Патриот (рестлер)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q746402"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1197731"
    title: "Del Wilkes"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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