# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eddie-southern
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:53:56.696Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eddie-southern"
name: "Eddie Southern"
slug: "eddie-southern"
description: "Silas Edward Southern was an American sprinter and hurdler who won a silver medal in the 400 metres hurdles at 1956 Olympics. He won another silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 1959 Pan American Games."
tagline: "American hurdler and sprinter (1938–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eddie_Southern_1958.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: "1938-01-04"
deathDate: "2023-05-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.603348
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ادى سوثيرن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eddie Southern"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Southern"
    title: "Eddie Southern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Southern"
    title: "Eddie Southern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "ادی ساترن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Southern"
    title: "Eddie Southern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Southern"
    title: "Edward Southern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Southern"
    title: "Eddie Southern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Southern"
    title: "Eddie Southern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Southern"
    title: "Eddie Southern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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