# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/doak-walker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:54:00.766Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/doak-walker"
name: "Doak Walker"
slug: "doak-walker"
description: "Ewell Doak Walker II was an American football player who was a halfback and kicker. He played college football for the SMU Mustangs, winning the Maxwell Award in 1947 and the Heisman Trophy in 1948. He then played professionally for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) from 1950 to 1955. Walker was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1959 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1986. The Doak Walker Award, awarded annually since 1990 to the top running back in college football, is named after him."
tagline: "American football player (1927-1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Doak_Walker_practicing_(8679147364)_(2)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1927-01-01"
deathDate: "1998-09-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.53
  momentum:             6.874999999999998
  historical:           6.628841333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doak_Walker"
    title: "Doak Walker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%83_%D9%88%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B1"
    title: "دواك ووكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doak_Walker"
    title: "Doak Walker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doak_Walker"
    title: "Doak Walker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doak_Walker"
    title: "Doak Walker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doak_Walker"
    title: "Doak Walker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doak_Walker"
    title: "Doak Walker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1233083"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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