# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gus-sonnenberg
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:01:43.583Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gus-sonnenberg"
name: "Gus Sonnenberg"
slug: "gus-sonnenberg"
description: "Gustave Adolph Sonnenberg was an American football player and professional wrestler of German descent and World Heavyweight Champion. As a wrestler, he was National Wrestling Association (NWA) world heavyweight champion. He played in the National Football League (NFL) from 1923 until 1930, for the Buffalo All-Americans, Columbus Tigers, Detroit Panthers, and Providence Steam Rollers, where he was a member of the 1928 NFL championship team."
tagline: "American football player and professional wrestler (1898–1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dynamite_Gus_Sonnenburg_-_Arena_Gardens_Wrestling_Program_-_1930_cover.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: "1898-03-06"
deathDate: "1944-09-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.18
  momentum:             0.989010989010989
  historical:           4.81548
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC"
    title: "جوس سونينبيرج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Sonnenberg"
    title: "Gus Sonnenberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Sonnenberg"
    title: "Gus Sonnenberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%8D%E3%83%B3%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0"
    title: "ガス・ソネンバーグ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Sonnenberg"
    title: "Gus Sonnenberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1555331"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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