# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/doug-atkins
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:14:41.700Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/doug-atkins"
name: "Doug Atkins"
slug: "doug-atkins"
description: "Douglas Leon Atkins was an American professional football defensive end who played for the Cleveland Browns, Chicago Bears, and New Orleans Saints in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers under head coach Robert Neyland. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Atkins was also drafted to the NBA in the 17th round by the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1953 NBA draft."
tagline: "Player of American football (1930-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Doug_Atkins_-_1954_Bowman.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: "1930-05-08"
deathDate: "2015-12-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.041616
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Atkins"
    title: "Doug Atkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%BA_%D8%A3%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "دوغ أتكينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "دوج اتكينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Atkins"
    title: "Doug Atkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Atkins"
    title: "Doug Atkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Atkins"
    title: "Doug Atkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Atkins"
    title: "Doug Atkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Atkins"
    title: "Doug Atkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205171"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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