# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-deford
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:23:03.217Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-deford"
name: "Frank Deford"
slug: "frank-deford"
description: "Benjamin Franklin Deford III was an American sportswriter and novelist. From 1980 until his death in 2017, he was a regular sports commentator on NPR's Morning Edition radio program."
tagline: "American sportswriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frank_Deford.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1938-12-16"
deathDate: "2017-05-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.978333333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0214526/"
    handle:    "nm0214526"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3619410"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Deford"
    title: "Frank Deford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Deford"
    title: "Frank Deford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89"
    title: "フランク・デフォード"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Deford"
    title: "Frank Deford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Frank_Deford"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13471647"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1185449"
    title: "Frank Deford"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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