# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dwight-eddleman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:50:59.925Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dwight-eddleman"
name: "Dwight Eddleman"
slug: "dwight-eddleman"
description: "Thomas Dwight \"Dike\" Eddleman was an American athlete who was generally considered the greatest athlete in the history of athletics at the University of Illinois. Eddleman participated on the university's basketball, track and field, and football teams between the years of 1942 and 1949. Eddleman earned a combined 11 varsity letters in his career at the university, during which he also became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. Eddleman was born in Centralia, Illinois, and attended Centralia High School. On October 24, 2008, Eddleman was named a Distinguished Alumni of Centralia High school. He, along with five others, including James Brady, were the first to be named Distinguished Alumni. His wife, Teddy Eddleman, accepted his award."
tagline: "American basketball player and high jumper (1922-2001)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/65/Photo_of_Dike_Eddleman_at_the_University_of_Illinois.png"
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: "1922-12-27"
deathDate: "2001-08-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.942873333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Duayt Eddleman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دوايت إدليمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دوايت ادليمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Eddleman"
    title: "Dwight Eddleman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Eddleman"
    title: "Dwight Eddleman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dike_Eddleman"
    title: "Dike Eddleman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dike_Eddleman"
    title: "Dike Eddleman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%99%D7%98_%D7%90%D7%93%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%9F"
    title: "דווייט אדלמן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dike_Eddleman"
    title: "Dike Eddleman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Eddleman"
    title: "Dwight Eddleman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1606773"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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