# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gale-sayers
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:53:45.877Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gale-sayers"
name: "Gale Sayers"
slug: "gale-sayers"
description: "Gale Eugene Sayers was an American professional football halfback and return specialist in the National Football League (NFL). Sayers played for the Chicago Bears from 1965 to 1971, though injuries effectively limited him to five seasons of play. Elusive, agile, and very fast, he was regarded by his peers as one of the most difficult players to tackle. Sayers was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977 at age 34 and remains the youngest person to have received the honor."
tagline: "American professional football player (1943-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gale-Sayers-Jan052008-ArmyFBAwards.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1943-05-30"
deathDate: "2020-09-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.84
  momentum:             15
  historical:           10.047444
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0768469/"
    handle:    "nm0768469"
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale_Sayers"
    title: "Gale Sayers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "غيل سايرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "جيل سايرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale_Sayers"
    title: "Gale Sayers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale_Sayers"
    title: "Gale Sayers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale_Sayers"
    title: "Gale Sayers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale_Sayers"
    title: "Gale Sayers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale_Sayers"
    title: "Gale Sayers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA"
    title: "ゲイル・セイヤーズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale_Sayers"
    title: "Gale Sayers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q503760"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1172558"
    title: "Gale Sayers"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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